Bridging

Bridging Vat joins FIBA

FIBA, the trade body for finance professionals, has appointed Bridging Vat as its latest...

Fiduciam completes €5m bridge against French property portfolio

Fiduciam has completed its first loan secured on French real estate. The €5 million bridging...

Precise unveils new refurb buy-to-let offering

Precise Mortgages has launched a new refurb buy-to-let proposition to help landlords maximise rental...

TBMC expands buy-to-let bridging panel

TBMC has expanded its buy-to-let bridging panel to offer an increased number of lending...

Oblix Capital completes £3.4m bridge in 10 days

Oblix Capital has completed a £3.39 million permitted development bridge in 10 days. The...

Bridging lender hails VAS partnership

Aspen Bridging has revealed that it has just completed £50m with VAS Panel valuations...

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...

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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