Bridging

Record month for Octane Capital

Octane Capital has passed £200m of lending, having completed on 13 loans in the...

Roma Finance appoints head of sales

Bridging and development lender Roma Finance has appointed Tracey Martin as its head of sales. Martin...

Pair of new BDMs for Oblix Capital

Oblix Capital has appointed two new business development managers (BDMs) to improve its presence across...

New auction product from Mint Bridging

Mint Bridging​ has has developed an auction product with rates from 0.45% per month. It...

£3.25m loan for Peterborough PDR development

Commercial finance consultancy Mantra Capital has arranged a £3.25m loan facility for a client through Arbuthnot...

Masthaven extends Bridging Plus distribution

Masthaven has announced the roll-out of its Bridging Plus short-term lending product to the...

Positive Lending deal saves client £500k

Positive Lending has arranged a £17 million development finance facility with Aldermore.  Funding was...

Together reports record lending for Q1

Together has announced record levels of lending in its quarterly results to 31 March...

Ed Parsons joins Tuscan Capital as CFO

Tuscan Capital has announced the appointment of a new chief financial officer (CFO). Ed Parsons...

Mint Bridging in new office move

Mint Bridging has moved into new offices, having taken a 5400 sq ft office suite...

MTF appoints Gareth Lewis

Gareth Lewis, previously director of bridging at Precise Mortgages has joined short-term finance lender,...

Octane Capital in £8.5m exit deal

Octane Capital has provided an £8.5m development exit loan to a client of RHL. The loan...

Specialist lenders filling BTL liquidity gap

The latest property Investor Survey conducted by short-term finance lender, mtf, has found that property...

Oblix Capital launches Abu Dhabi Grand Prix competition

Oblix Capital has launched a special prize draw promotion offering one broker the chance to...

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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