Bridging

Fiduciam plans to double lending and make 25 new hires

Fiduciam wants to double its lending in 2019 by originating £250 million in new...

Oblix Capital hires new director of development

Oblix Capital has appointed Richard Payne joining as its new director of development. With over...

BFS to host inaugural development finance event

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) is to hold its first development finance day in association...

MFS halves its minimum bridging loan amount

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) is now offering loans starting from £100,000. Its maximum loan...

Knight Frank partners with retirement village provider for bridging finance

A provider of retirement villages, Audley Group, has agreed an introducer partnership with Knight...

GWlegal introduces online bridging purchase questionnaire

As part of the digitalisation of its conveyancing process, GWlegal is launching an online bridging...

Fiduciam closes first 2019 Spanish loan

Fiduciam has completed the first week of 2019 with its first Spanish loan of...

Yellow Stone Finance appoints senior client relationship manager

Mike Lawton is joining Yellow Stone Finance as senior client relationship manager. Lawton (pictured) has...

Precise Mortgages appoints BDM for London and South East

Precise Mortgages has appointed Nick O’Leary as business development manager (BDM) for the London area. He...

Octane Capital to consider acquisition opportunities

Octane Capital has stated that it is prepared to acquire suitable lenders "if the opportunity...

Roma funds multiple unit mixed use purchase

Roma Finance has deliver the funding needed for the purchase of a multiple unit mixed...

‘Maximum borrowing’ was top Knowledge Bank criterion search in December

Knowledge Bank has revealed the top five, most searched criteria by brokers during December...

Kuflink Bridging hires new underwriter

Kuflink Bridging has announced an appointment in its lending team with the addition of...

Mint Bridging appoints head of legal

Mint Bridging has created the role of head of legal for Andrea Naylor. Naylor was...

COMMENT

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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TAB promotes Bonner to chief risk officer

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

Skipton BS lowers residential rates

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

AMI refreshes brand to reflect advice, mortgages and insurance focus

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

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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