Bridging

BFS funds £1.65m luxury residential build in Surrey

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has completed a large scale development finance deal, supporting a...

Octane Capital reaches £250m redemption mark

Octane Capital has revealed that it has passed £250m of redemptions since launching in...

Brightstar Financial joins SmartrRefer panel

Brightstar Financial has become the latest distributor to be added to SmartrRefer, the new...

Fiduciam moves into Scotland

Bridging lender Fiduciam has expanded into Scotland and has now completed its first transaction...

Hope Capital enquiries up 61%

Hope Capital has revealed that the number of loans granted in September is double...

Signature Private Finance hires relationship manager

Privately-owned principal lender, Signature Private Finance, has promoted Nazia Yaqub to the position of...

New development finance proposition from Castle Trust

Castle Trust has revamped its development finance offering with the recruitment of Simon Whitfield...

Impact Specialist Finance added to SmartrRefer

Impact Specialist Finance has joined SmartrRefer, Legal & General Mortgage Club’s approved specialist distribution panel. Legal...

Catalyst Property Finance joins PMS and Sesame panels

PMS Mortgage Club and Sesame Network have added Catalyst Property Finance to their bridging...

Fiduciam grows all-female Spanish team

Fiduciam has increased its Spanish team to eight, following the recruitment of three new...

Maria Harris joins United Trust Bank board

Maria Harris, former director of intermediary lending at Atom Bank, has been appointed as...

Hope Capital helps raise over £5k for breast cancer support group

Liverpool based bridging lender Hope Capital has helped The Sunshine Breast Cancer Support Group...

Hope Capital introduces 0.75% pm non-regulated bridging loan

Hope Capital has unveiled a new bridging loan product called Hope Seven 5. The new...

PMS Mortgage Club teams up with Together

PMS Mortgage Club has added Together to its panel. The new arrangement will enable directly...

COMMENT

Cutting stamp duty will make the housing crisis worse

Every time the housing market stalls the same thing happens and people call for stimulus, this time: abolish stamp duty. The logic feels intuitive -...

The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

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TAB promotes Bonner to chief risk officer

Specialist lender TAB has appointed Jack Bonner as chief risk officer as it continues...

Skipton BS lowers residential rates

Skipton Building Society is reducing rates across parts of its residential mortgage range from...

AMI refreshes brand to reflect advice, mortgages and insurance focus

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries has launched a brand refresh intended to reflect its...

IMLA guide explains why fixed mortgage rates can rise before Bank Rate moves

IMLA has published a report and five-minute guide to help advisers explain how swap...

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