Bridging

Mint Bridging hires credit manager

Bridging lender Mint Bridging has appointed Peter Howarth to the position of credit manager. He previously...

A third of property professionals set to expand portfolios

33% of investors are planning to increase their property portfolios, while 50% plan no...

Masthaven unveils ‘Bridging Plus’ larger loan proposition

Masthaven has launched Bridging Plus - new larger loans bridging products for loans over £750,000. Rates...

Hope Capital expands to drive growth plans

Hope Capital has appointed a new member of staff and a consultant to help...

LendInvest unveils product transition process

LendInvest has launched a new process for development finance borrowers to move easily between...

Shawbrook completes 38-flat loan

Shawbrook’s commercial property team completed a complex Limited Company transaction against three blocks of...

UTB balance sheet exceeds £1bn

United Trust Bank has reported that its balance sheet has exceeded £1 billion. During...

Colin Sanders launches new lender

A new bridging lender, providing additional new funding to the non-regulated real estate bridging sector,...

New BDM at Octane Capital

Octane Capital has recruited Josh Knight as a business development manager (BDM). Knight (pictured) joins from...

United Trust Bank reduces minimum bridging loan size

United Trust Bank (UTB) is now offering bridging loans from £75,000, on both regulated...

Short-term lender funds boutique B&B

Signature Private Finance is supporting a multi-million-pound restoration of Lanelay Hall in Pontyclun. The Victorian mansion...

United Trust Bank selects first ‘charity of the year’

United Trust Bank (UTB) staff have chosen national mental health charity Mind to be...

Funding 365 increases maximum loan term

Bridging lender Funding 365 has announced the extension of its maximum loan term from...

Tackling the construction skills shortage is only the first step

It’s no secret that there is a skills shortage in the construction sector. It...

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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...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

Building societies need to start putting intelligence into motion

If you were at the Building Societies Association Annual Conference in Edinburgh last month , you could not have missed the optimism: the sector...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 21

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...

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The Darlington trims mortgage rates by up to 20bps

Darlington Building Society has reduced selected rates across its residential, specialist residential, shared ownership,...

Brokers review sourcing technology as demand grows for connected systems

Mortgage brokers are increasingly reassessing their technology stacks, with sourcing systems emerging as the...

Rosemount expands internship programme with two Cardiff Business School students

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) has welcomed two new interns from Cardiff Business School as...

West Brom cuts shared ownership mortgage rates

West Brom Building Society has reduced selected shared ownership mortgage rates by up to...

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