Bridging

Castle Trust introduces new bridging loan

Castle Trust has unveiled a new bridging loan with flexible underwriting. Available for a flat...

BFS provides development funding for 24 unit housing scheme

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) is providing funding to private investors developing a 24 unit...

Commercial Trust adds Hampshire Trust Bank to lender panel

Specialist buy-to-let and commercial finance broker Commercial Trust Limited has announced the addition of Hampshire...

VAS Panel signs up 50th lender client

Masthaven Bank has become the 50th lender client that VAS Panel has signed up...

Oblix Capital appoints finance director

Steve Rogers has joined bridging and development lender Oblix Capital as its finance director.  Rogers (pictured) is...

Aspen unveils Finish & Exit bridging deal

Aspen Bridging has launched its new Finish & Exit bridge product. It is available up...

LendInvest secures £200m HSBC residential funding line

LendInvest has agreed funding of up to £200 million from HSBC UK. Th3 new funding...

Precise Mortgages appoints pair of BDMs

Precise Mortgages has appointed two new business development managers (BDMs) to support brokers in...

Sharp YOY rise in Q1 lending for bridging provider

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has reported a 60% increase in loan volumes at the...

Five-day refurb bridge for Aspen Bridging

Aspen Bridging has recently completed a five-day refurbishment bridge, with each element of the...

West One completes £20m bridge

West One Loans has provided a £20m first charge bridging facility against a high...

Roma Finance unveils bridge to term product

Roma Finance is utilising institutional funding for a medium-term mortgage product that customers can...

OSB provides new funding line for Catalyst Property Finance

Catalyst Property Finance has secured "significant" additional capacity to provide short-term finance to borrowers...

Connect for Intermediaries to hold more training academies

Connect for Intermediaries has planned seven extra training academies this year following demand after...

COMMENT

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Why the government’s housing ambitions won’t fix the affordability crisis

With the bidding open for the government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme - the main pillar of its long-term housing strategy - homebuying...

Latest news

Rent growth slows as house prices edge higher, with Middle East tensions clouding outlook

Private rent inflation eased again in March while UK house prices rose modestly in...

Gen H expands broker sales team with three BDM hires and internal promotion

Gen H has expanded its broker sales team with three new business development managers...

Detached homes dominate new lifetime mortgage lending in early 2026

Owners of detached properties accounted for more than four in 10 new lifetime mortgages...

Brokers invited to webinar on boosting landlord income strategies

Brokers are being offered an opportunity to learn how to help landlords accelerate income...

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