Bridging

Brokers increasingly focussing on maximum LTVs

Knowledge Bank has revealed that maximum loan to value was in the top five of...

Fiduciam cuts its bridging loan rate to 0.60%

Fiduciam has lowered the interest rates on its bridging loans for residential property in...

Record quarter for Octopus Property

Specialist property lender Octopus Property originated £100 million of new lending in October, a...

The Saffron offers smaller development loans

The Saffron Building Society has unveiled a new, smaller development finance loan for people...

UTB expands its mortgages & bridging team

United Trust Bank has promoted Mike Walters to the position of head of sales for...

Together salvages renovation with short-term loan

Together has saved a renovation project after completing a £135,800 short-term loan in five...

Roma Finance launches in Scotland

Roma Finance is now offering introducers in Scotland access to its bridging and development...

Octane Capital appoints internal business development associate

Octane Capital has recruited George Lyall as internal business development associate. He will report...

InterBay cuts commercial rates and allows dual legal representation for bridging

InterBay Commercial has reduced rates across its commercial and semi commercial products. It has also...

Signature supports local Mind

Short-term property finance firm Signature Private Finance recently presented a cheque for £6,630.65 to...

Rebrand for Hope Capital as lending volumes double

Hope Capital has rebranded and moved to a new office as part of its...

Central Bridging completes £1.8m bridge for overseas investor

Central Bridging has completed a £1.8m bridging loan in nine working days for a...

Roma Finance doubles sales and underwriting teams

Roma Finance has doubled the size of its business development manager (BDM) and underwriting...

Octopus Property revamps product offering

Octopus Property has revised its bridge-to-let, development exit and refurbishment products. The lender says the...

COMMENT

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...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

Building societies need to start putting intelligence into motion

If you were at the Building Societies Association Annual Conference in Edinburgh last month , you could not have missed the optimism: the sector...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 21

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...

Latest news

The Darlington trims mortgage rates by up to 20bps

Darlington Building Society has reduced selected rates across its residential, specialist residential, shared ownership,...

Brokers review sourcing technology as demand grows for connected systems

Mortgage brokers are increasingly reassessing their technology stacks, with sourcing systems emerging as the...

Rosemount expands internship programme with two Cardiff Business School students

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) has welcomed two new interns from Cardiff Business School as...

West Brom cuts shared ownership mortgage rates

West Brom Building Society has reduced selected shared ownership mortgage rates by up to...

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