Bridging

Catalyst Property Finance appoints head of real estate

Catalyst Property Finance has appointed Kevin Stephenson as its head of real estate within...

Q&A: Marcus Dussard, sales director at Castle Trust

BestAdvice (BA): Tell us about Castle Trust’s new bridging product? Marcus Dussard (MD): Our new...

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...

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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...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 21

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...

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Northern families face nursery catchment premiums of up to 52%

Families in parts of the North are paying substantial property premiums to live within...

Pepper Money raises £545m through RMBS deal

Pepper Money has raised £545 million through the capital markets as part of its...

The Darlington trims mortgage rates by up to 20bps

Darlington Building Society has reduced selected rates across its residential, specialist residential, shared ownership,...

Brokers review sourcing technology as demand grows for connected systems

Mortgage brokers are increasingly reassessing their technology stacks, with sourcing systems emerging as the...

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