Bridging

Stamford Finance passes £100m lending landmark

Stamford Finance has passed £100m in total lending, marking a significant step for the...

Work-life balance emerges as top priority for UK workers

Almost half of UK employees say work-life balance is their leading consideration when choosing...

Women in Finance: Together pushes for progress

Together has stepped up its campaign to support female talent in specialist finance with...

Recognise Bank backs Essex developer with £1.98m exit loan

Recognise Bank has completed a £1.98m development exit facility to help an Essex housebuilder...

Arc & Co. and Paragon complete £10.36m loan for Jewellery Quarter scheme

A regional developer has secured funding for a new 53-home scheme in Birmingham’s historic...

Assetz Capital strikes £150m funding deal with Cambridge & Counties Bank

Assetz Capital has agreed a funding facility of up to £150 million with Cambridge...

Kennek joins BDLA as trade body expands technology partnerships

Technology firm kennek has joined the Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA) as an...

Aspen backs developer’s revised scheme with £1.475m bridge to complete Staffordshire home

An experienced developer who altered plans mid-build to enhance the end value of a...

Somo marks fifth year of Black Friday promotion

Somo has launched its latest Black Friday promotion, with last year’s campaign delivering a...

LendInvest funds £4.54m new home scheme in Isleworth

A vacant plot of land in Isleworth is set to be transformed into a...

Developers lose confidence as Budget uncertainty stalls housing starts

Growing uncertainty ahead of the Autumn Budget has triggered a marked drop in confidence...

Hope Capital unveils new identity as it sharpens focus on property finance

Hope Capital has rebranded as Hope Capital Property Finance as it marks its fifteenth...

Developers turn to forward funding as UK property market steadies

The UK property market is showing signs of renewed stability after a prolonged period...

Inspired Lending backs redevelopment of Grade II listed Cotswolds manor

Inspired Lending has provided a £1.8 million facility to support the purchase and refurbishment...

COMMENT

Why you need to know what sits behind the average review score

There’s a funny thing about review scores. The better they are, the less likely we are to question them. If a company is sitting at...

The new Chancellor wants to remove barriers to growth; he should start with housing

There was probably a degree of unintended irony in the Treasury choosing to call the Chancellor, John Healey’s, first major market ‘intervention’ his ‘Growth...

Brokers are losing the attention battle 1,000 to 3

Take a client you placed on a 5-year fix last year. Over the life of that deal, their bank is now planning to contact...

Triple lock or no triple lock? That is not the question

The debate over the State Pension triple lock has returned. But perhaps the more important question is what the debate tells us about the...

Your clients have already asked AI

The FCA published research on 27 August showing that 56% of 18- to 40-year-olds who hold or are considering investments say they trust AI...

Latest news

Rents set to rise by up to 5% as supply falls

UK rental growth is accelerating again as higher mortgage rates keep would-be first-time buyers...

Buy-to-let company formations fall as landlord incorporation boom slows

The number of new buy-to-let companies being established has fallen this year as the...

Mortgage sector wellbeing improves but burnout risks persist

Mental wellbeing across the mortgage industry has improved over the past year, although long...

Cyber attacks on property businesses rise 17% as hackers target client data

Cyber attacks against UK property services businesses increased by 17% last year as agents...

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