Bridging

New BDM for bridging lender

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has hired a new business development manager (BSM). The appointment of...

Aldermore provides its largest development loan to date

Aldermore has provided a £22.9m property development loan to Queensberry Properties Ltd, in its...

UK property investors stay upbeat despite uncertainty

The majority of property professionals in the UK are set to expand their portfolios...

Oblix Capital completes £5.03m development loan

Oblix Capital has provided a £5.03m facility to fund the development of six luxury...

Hope Capital reaches £100m milestone with VAS Panel

Bridging lender Hope Capital has completed £100m worth of valuations with VAS Panel in the...

LendInvest saves development with £7.35m bridging loan

LendInvest has facilitated a £7.35 million bridging finance loan in seven days for a developer. The...

Central Bridging completes £1.2m re-bridge

Central Bridging has recently completed a £1.2 million first charge loan to re-bridge an...

Tuscan Capital to move to permanent base in Belgravia

Bridging lender Tuscan Capital is moving offices on 1 February. Currently based in serviced offices...

Octopus Property provides £31.5m refinancing facility

Octopus Property has provided an established property developer with a £31.5 million loan to...

Another record year for Crystal Specialist Finance

Crystal Specialist Finance has said that IT was behind it reporting another record year. Throughout...

Yellow Stone Finance unveils commercial referral service

Yellow Stone Finance has introduced a referral service for intermediaries to place commercial property...

BFS to sponsor Dragons Den-style property programme

Bridging Finance Solutions is partnering with producers of ‘Property Elevator’, a new Dragons Den...

Average bridging LTVs rose by 8 percentage points in 2018

Bridging loan volume transacted by contributors hit £766.9 million in 2018, an increase of...

West One Loans makes range of sales hires

West One Loans has made a number of strategic appointments to its sales team. Kevin...
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COMMENT

Stamp Duty

Cutting stamp duty will make the housing crisis worse

Every time the housing market stalls the same thing happens and people call for stimulus, this time: abolish stamp duty. The logic feels intuitive -...

The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...

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...

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Appointments

TAB promotes Bonner to chief risk officer

Specialist lender TAB has appointed Jack Bonner as chief risk officer as it continues...
Building Societies

Skipton BS lowers residential rates

Skipton Building Society is reducing rates across parts of its residential mortgage range from...
News

AMI refreshes brand to reflect advice, mortgages and insurance focus

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries has launched a brand refresh intended to reflect its...
News

IMLA guide explains why fixed mortgage rates can rise before Bank Rate moves

IMLA has published a report and five-minute guide to help advisers explain how swap...

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