Bridging

Roma Finance sounds death knell for small landlord

The private rental sector of the future will be dominated by larger institutional landlords...

FIBA/ASTL roundtable agrees action plan

Last week saw the second joint roundtable between the Financial Intermediary & Broker Association...

Octane arranges bridge in four days

Octane Capital has revealed that it took a £400,000 bridging loan facility for a client...

Octopus Property appoints head of structuring

Octopus Property, part of the Octopus Group, has announced the appointment of Matthew Pritchard...

West One unveils development finance offering

West One Loans has today announced at the NACFB Expo that it is launching...

LendInvest improves proc fees for NACFB brokers

LendInvest is offering NACFB-registered brokers an enhanced procurement fee for its bridging product. The lender's...

VIBE Finance selects OMS

One Mortgage System (OMS) has been chosen by specialist brokerage VIBE Finance. The newly launched directly...

Oblix Capital provides £5.63m bridge facility

Oblix Capital has provided a £5.63m refurbishment bridging loan on a contemporary development in Newbury. The...

CSF and Amicus secure £9m for residential development

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) and Amicus have secured deals totalling over £9.1m to fund...

Hampshire Trust Bank completes £1.2m bridging facility in eight days

Property developer Centaur Group has secured a £1.2m development exit facility from Hampshire Trust...

Shawbrook streamlines short-term offering

Shawbrook has announced a revamp of its short-term lending range. The bank has consolidated the...

Octane Capital appoints BDM for the South West

Octane Capital has announced the appointment of Dominic Sheahan as senior business development manager. Sheahan...

New BDM at Signature Private Finance

Signature Private Finance has appointed Jason Fantini as business development manager (BDM) with primary responsibility for...

Oblix Capital raises new £50m OSB funding line

Oblix Capital has raised a new £50m funding line from OneSavings Bank (OSB), which...

COMMENT

Mortgage maturity: A golden opportunity for advisers

Around 1.8 million fixed-rate mortgage deals are due to come to an end in 2026, adding to the 1.6 million mortgages that already matured...

Rates are moving and regulation is evolving

Many lenders are having to increase their rates, and that trend looks set to continue over the coming week. For clients whose current deal...

Building tomorrow’s mortgage market: AI built on trust, governance and confidence

The government's Financial Services AI Adoption Plan, led by Harriet Rees, group chief information officer at Starling Bank, and Dr Rohit Dhawan, group director...

The protection prompt: what AI still needs to get right

The Mills Review has prompted plenty of discussion across the mortgage industry. While much of the focus has been on the finding that a...

Why second charges are helping Right to Buy borrowers do more with their home

For many people, Right to Buy is still one of the most accessible ways to become a homeowner and over the last five years,...

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Leeds lending falls amid technology investment

Leeds Building Society completed £2bn of gross mortgage lending during the first half of...

Foundation revives buy-to-let products and cuts holiday let rates

Foundation Home Loans has refreshed its buy-to-let mortgage range, bringing back several products, adding...

UK residential property transactions edge higher in June

UK residential property transactions rose modestly in June, suggesting that underlying market activity is...

Buyers turn to 1.5 million homes rejected by mainstream lenders

About 1.5 million homes across Britain may fall outside mainstream mortgage criteria, according to...

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