Bridging

Catalyst Property Finance sees 450% growth

Catalyst Property Finance has reported a 450% year-on-year growth in bridging loan originations. Founded in...

Investment property purchase still most popular use for bridging finance

For the second consecutive quarter the most popular use of a bridging loan was...

Brightstar launches education initiative

Brightstar Financial has introduced an education programme for brokers. The distributor will, over the coming...

New Masthaven website includes live criteria search

Masthaven Bank has launched a new website for brokers across its mortgage and short-term...

Fiduciam signs Women in Finance Charter

Short to medium term lender Fiduciam has just been accepted by HM Treasury as...

United Trust Bank launches larger bridging loan promotion

United Trust Bank (UTB) has launched a bridging loan promotion which aims to reward...

Unprepared contractors could be hit by VAT changes

Oblix Capital has warned that major VAT changes are coming to the construction industry,...

Aspen Bridging cuts lowest interest rate to 0.45%

Aspen Bridging has reduced its minimum and maximum initial interest rate per month, with...

LendInvest unveils new bridge-to-let product

LendInvest has launched a new bridge-to-let product for borrowers seeking to refurbish a property...

Sharp rise in self-build applications at BFS

Bridging Finance Solutions has reported a fourfold increase in short term self-build finance applications...

Office move for VIBE Finance following new appointments

VIBE Finance has moved to new office premises after taking on two case managers. The...

Bridging lenders remain confident about UK economy

Bridging lenders are still confident that the economy and property prices will remain robust...

Hope Capital extends availability of its 0.69% rate

Hope Capital has extended the time period that it is making its lowest ever...

Lender attacks “excessive” default interest rate practices

Octane Capital has criticised what it has called the practices of a growing number...

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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...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

Building societies need to start putting intelligence into motion

If you were at the Building Societies Association Annual Conference in Edinburgh last month , you could not have missed the optimism: the sector...

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Lenders expecting stability despite global uncertainty

Following the latest US tariff announcement, lenders are continuing to price and operate on...

Lloyds and Halifax cut mortgage rates

Lloyds and Halifax are reducing rates across homemover, first-time buyer, remortgage, product transfer and...

TMG Mortgage Network appoints head of operations

TMG Mortgage Network has appointed Ava Jones as head of operations as it continues...

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and...

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