Bridging

UTB appoints new senior manager for property development

United Trust Bank (UTB) has hired a new senior manager supporting housebuilders and developers...

Catalyst ups day-one value refurbishment lending limit

Specialist bridging lender Catalyst Property Finance has increased its refurbishment allowance to 100% of...

Century Capital funds its biggest deal ever

Century Capital has completed its largest deal to date, providing a large facility on...

Century Capital completes its largest deal since lockdown

Century Capital has structured a new £9 million gross facility for a borrower, providing...

Roma Finance joins Optimum Elite panel

Optimum Commercial has added specialist bridging, development and buy-to-let lender, Roma Finance, to its...

Use bridging to meet stamp duty deadline

Specialist distributor Clever Lending is calling on brokers to think about regulated bridging loans...

New website for bridging lender

Bridging finance provider Whitehall Capital has unveiled a new look for its website. The site...

United Trust Bank appoints CEO

Harley Kagan, currently group Managing director of United Trust Bank (UTB), will become the...

Tuscan funds urgent £2.2m developer loan

Tuscan Capital has provided a £2.2m facility in a five-week turnaround to help a...

First 4 Bridging unveils 24-hour case checking facility

First 4 Bridging (F4B) has launched a free 24-hour case checker initiative. It offers a...

Three new hires at Catalyst Property Finance

Catalyst Property Finance has made new appointments for both its new business and credit/underwriting...

Kuflink sees investment levels recover to pre-Covid levels

Peer-to-peer based bridging lender, Kuflink, has reported that new investment levels have recovered to...

Shawbrook completes £1.2m exit bridge for developer

Shawbrook Bank has completed a £1.18m developer exit bridging loan for an experienced property...

CSF & MT Finance complete £1.4m three-week bridge

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has worked with MT Finance to complete a three week,...

COMMENT

Managing cashflow and risk in today’s turbulent market

Over the past decade buy-to-let landlords have become accustomed to operating in a market where it can often feel like change is the only...

Is there such thing as a ‘typical borrower’ anymore?

What is a typical borrower? A few decades ago, it would have been a salaried employee, single source of income and, most likely, a...

Private credit has reached its next stage of maturity

Every lending market experiences moments that prompt uncomfortable questions. A high profile default, allegations of poor governance or a significant loss inevitably lead to...

Your clients aren’t being stolen… they’re being handed over

Let's be honest about something the industry won't say out loud. Lenders going direct aren't the problem. Brokers are. Every year the same conversation happens....

AI is changing banking but trust will define who succeeds

For the past three years, the conversation around artificial intelligence in financial services has been dominated by technology. Every week seems to bring another...

Latest news

HSBC eases fixed-term contract criteria for residential borrowers

HSBC has widened its residential lending criteria for certain applicants employed on fixed-term contracts. Medical...

Stamp duty and community ties stall downsizing

Nearly three in five over-65s have considered downsizing but stamp duty, family ties and...

Fairfax steps down as Catalyst CEO

Catalyst Property Finance founder Chris Fairfax is stepping down as chief executive following the...

Mortgage fraud rises across every category

Mortgage-related fraud increased across every category tracked by Cifas during the first half of...

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