Bridging

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...

Hope Capital introduces new fixed fee loan

Hope Capital is offering a fixed fee bridging loan. The fixed fee loan is available up...

Kuflink opens office in London

Kuflink has opened an office in the capital. The move follows a quarter which has...

Large majority of bridging brokers saw Q3 volume rise

MTF's latest Broker Sentiment Survey has revealed that demand for bridging finance grew in...

CSF offering new Shawbrook Refurb-to-Let semi-exclusive

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has joined up with Shawbrook Bank to launch the lender’s...

Northern property market boosts Bridging Finance Solutions’ turnover

Bridging Finance Solutions has reported a 25% increase in turnover compared to the same...

Signature Private Finance appoints Midlands BDM

Short-term property finance provider Signature Private Finance has appointed Dan Parry as its new...

Together completes regulated bridge in three days

Specialist lender Together and specialist distributor Clever Lending have completed a regulated bridging loan...

Oblix Capital completes £970k permitted development bridge

Oblix Capita has completed on a permitted development (PD) bridge in Dudley, West Midlands...

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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