Bridging

BFS supports online property auction purchases

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) is supporting the auction property markets move online, as the...

Roma Finance unveils new bridging deals at 70% LTV

Roma Finance has launched new bridging products at 70% loan to value (LTV) and...

Castle Trust launches ‘Covid-19 level 3’ criteria

Castle Trust Bank has introduced new criteria which is says is in response to...

Roma Finance expands management team

Roma Finance has appointed Deborah Chaplain to the new position of head of customer...

Octane completes bridge-to-let in nine days

Octane Capital has completed a £2.6m bridge-to-let loan in nine days to a client...

ASTL introduces member newsletter

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has published its first member newsletter to...

Trio of promotions at Octane Capital

Octane Capital has promoted three of its senior team. Liam Lawlor has been promoted from...

First 4 Bridging adds Hampshire Trust Bank to panel

First 4 Bridging (F4B) has announced the addition of Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) to...

Hope Capital broadens acceptable valuation type

Hope Capital will now allow a range of valuation types. Having previously required a full...

LendInvest expands distribution with Sesame/PMS deal

LendInvest has joined Sesame and PMS’s lender panel. The network and mortgage club’s member firms...

Avamore completes double deal for broker and borrower

Bridging lender Avamore has completed two bridging loans in North London, totalling £690,068, with...

Octane Capital appoints BDMs

Octane Capital has revealed that Samantha Emery and Bethan Jones have been appointed as...

Promotions and appointments at Aspen Bridging

Aspen Bridging has promoted two and appointed two new members of staff. Harry Baker, who...

Investec provides £8m loan for Old Kent Road conversion

Investec Structured Property Finance is to provide a joint venture between Urban & Provincial...

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

Stamp duty and community ties deter older homeowners from downsizing

Nearly 60% of over-65s have considered downsizing, but financial costs, community ties and a...

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...

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