Bridging

Oblix Capital completes £3.36m permitted development bridge

Oblix Capital has finalised a £3.36 million permitted development (PD bridge) situated in Leicester. The...

New development finance guide published for SME house builders

A new guide by UK Finance and the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has...

Central Bridging helps limited company client

Central Bridging has completed a £1,169,000 bridging loan in seven working days to redeem...

Tuscan Capital expands short-term product offering

Tuscan Capital has expanded its range of short-term property funding solutions with the addition...

New bridging lender enters the market

Interbridge Loans has unveiled a range of non-regulated bridging products for the residential and...

LendInvest launches Bridge to Term transition service

LendInvest has cut its rates across its bridging product range and introduced a new...

Kuflink completes bridge in four days

Kuflink has completed a £171,500 loan for a new borrower in four days, following...

Two new BDMs for United Trust Bank

United Trust Bank has appointed two new business development managers (BDMs) to its mortgages...

MFB for Intermediaries launches

Mortgages for Business has launched MFB for Intermediaries as part of a refresh of...

Octopus Property provides £12.7 million development loan

Specialist property lender Octopus Property has agreed to provide Saudi Arabian investor, Snabil Limited,...

Kuflink Group appoints NED

Kuflink Group has appointed Nayan V. Kisnadwala to its board of directors as an...

Together improves bridging loan proposition

Specialist lender Together has revamped its unregulated short-term loan range by removing fees and...

Landlord helped by Shawbrook refurb lending proposition

Shawbrook Bank has helped an experienced investor with new 'lending for refurbishment costs' offering. Shawbrook was...

Zopa co-founder to be Finance Professional Show keynote speaker

James Alexander, a co-founder and former CEO of Zopa, has been confirmed as the...

COMMENT

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Why the government’s housing ambitions won’t fix the affordability crisis

With the bidding open for the government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme - the main pillar of its long-term housing strategy - homebuying...

Latest news

SortRefer marks 17 years with record month for instructions and completions

SortRefer has marked its 17th anniversary after reporting its strongest monthly performance to date...

The Mortgage Works cuts buy-to-let rates on selected new business deals

The Mortgage Works is cutting selected buy-to-let and let-to-buy rates by up to 0.20...

Primis promotes three in push to expand recruitment and regional broker support

Primis has promoted three senior executives as it seeks to recruit more adviser firms...

Santander cuts higher LTV rates for first-time buyers and home movers

Santander is cutting selected fixed mortgage rates across its first-time buyer, home mover and...

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