Bridging

Masthaven ups prime bridging LTV

Masthaven has increased the loan to value (LTV) for its Prime Bridging proposition from...

Q&A: Colin Sanders, CEO, Tuscan Capital

BestAdvice (BA): What was the thinking behind the brand? Colin Sanders (CS): There were three...

Masthaven joins TMA Club’s lender panel

TMA Club has announced the addition of Masthaven to its lender panel. This arrangement...

Octane Capital’s sales director leaves the business

Octane Capital has confirmed the departure of Tom Clark, its sales director, who was part...

Hope Capital reports best ever quarter

Bridging lender Hope Capital has revealed that, in the first three months of this year, its...

SimplyBiz Mortgages expands specialist lender panel

SimplyBiz Mortgages has added specialist lender InterBay Commercial to its panel.  Its members now have...

Oblix Capital hires pair of BDMs

Oblix Capital has announced two BDM appointments to cover London and the South.   Both...

Record quarter for Mantra Capital

Boutique commercial finance consultancy Mantra Capital has reported that March was its biggest ever month for...

Government urged to improve access to finance for property SMEs

LendInvest is calling on the UK government to forge better partnerships with the alternative...

Aldermore funds £6m commercial property development facility

Acre Invest has agreed a £6.27m funding package with Aldermore, to build a large...

Complete FS and Together arrange bridge in three days

South Coast based packager Complete FS has revealed that, working with Together, it saw a...

ArchOver launches R&D funding bridge

Peer to peer business lending platform ArchOver is helping businesses to bridge the funding gap...

First FIBA roadshow concentrates on GDPR

FIBA’s first regional roadshow held in North London on 12 April drew brokers from...

Octane Capital recruits internal business development manager

Adam Ware has joined Octane Capital as internal business development manager.  Ware (pictured) joins from Commercial...

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

Rent growth slows as house prices edge higher, with Middle East tensions clouding outlook

Private rent inflation eased again in March while UK house prices rose modestly in...

Gen H expands broker sales team with three BDM hires and internal promotion

Gen H has expanded its broker sales team with three new business development managers...

Detached homes dominate new lifetime mortgage lending in early 2026

Owners of detached properties accounted for more than four in 10 new lifetime mortgages...

Brokers invited to webinar on boosting landlord income strategies

Brokers are being offered an opportunity to learn how to help landlords accelerate income...

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