Bridging

Aspen Bridging ups max loan sizes

Aspen Bridging has increased its maximum loan sizes up to £4m net for portfolios...

MFS expands BDM team

Bridging lender Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has appointed Samantha Graydon as its latest business...

Bridging lender reveals service excellence targets

Aspen Bridging has published its time-based service excellence targets, with an aim to take...

Shawbrook upgrades online application platform

Shawbrook Bank has launched a upgrade to its E-AIP platform with the inclusion of...

Funding 365 completes £2.7m bridge in 3 days

Funding 365 and Adapt Finance have this week completed a bridging loan in three...

Brokers expect bridging lender growth in 2019

United Trust Bank has reported that the majority of brokers it recently surveyed think...

Connect for Intermediaries unveils its first academy

Connect for Intermediaries is holding its first academy for trainee mortgage brokers this week. It...

Octane Capital provides £4.3m bridge

Octane Capital has provided a £4.3m bridging loan to a landlord requiring business funding. The...

UTB grows loan book by 20%

United Trust Bank (UTB) has reported that its loan book grew by 20.0% to...

Aspen makes winter promo permanent

Aspen Bridging has adopted its promotional ‘winter offer’ as its main ongoing product card. ...

Octopus Property provides £8m refinancing for Manchester hotel

Octopus Property has provided a subsidiary of developer BH Group with a three-year, £8.1...

New funding lines for Central Bridging

Central Bridging has confirmed access to what it calls new “game changing” funding lines. The...

Investec funds £5.1m Leeds co-working venture

Investec Structured Property Finance has agreed to provide RBH Properties with a £5.1 million...

MT Finance recruits new BDM

MT Finance has appointed Jamie Gillespie as business development manager (BDM) for the Midlands...

COMMENT

Private credit has reached its next stage of maturity

Every lending market experiences moments that prompt uncomfortable questions. A high profile default, allegations of poor governance or a significant loss inevitably lead to...

Your clients aren’t being stolen… they’re being handed over

Let's be honest about something the industry won't say out loud. Lenders going direct aren't the problem. Brokers are. Every year the same conversation happens....

AI is changing banking but trust will define who succeeds

For the past three years, the conversation around artificial intelligence in financial services has been dominated by technology. Every week seems to bring another...

No benefit to be had from ‘wait and see’

It seems to be a recurring theme as of late, but it’s been yet another week of volatile rates. Swap rates continue to move,...

What financial services can learn from the World Cup

Look, bear with us here. What does the World Cup have to do with financial services reviews? Well, more than you think actually! This summer,...

Latest news

Hinckley & Rugby widens mortgage criteria for borrowers with past credit problems

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has launched a specialist mortgage range for borrowers who...

Andy Rowe leaves Zephyr after restructuring

Andy Rowe has left his position as head of sales at Zephyr Homeloans after...

TPFG financial services revenue rises to £13m

The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) increased financial services revenue by 10% to £13m during...

Finance confidence improves despite economic gloom

Confidence across the finance and leasing industry improved during the second quarter despite most...

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