Bridging

West One Loans expands distribution

West One Loans has joined up with Tenet Group to offer its first and...

Castle Trust grows development finance proposition

Castle Trust Capital has doubled its maximum loan size for development finance and is...

Octane Capital appoints senior BDM

Liam Lawlor has joined Octane Capital as a senior business development manager (BDM). Lawlor (pictured)...

Together offers short-term refurb finance

Together has unveiled a new short-term loan for investors with residential property refurbishment. The refurbishment...

Third quarter fall in bridging lending

Gross bridging lending from Bridging Trends contributors fell in the third quarter to £142.75 million,...

Smart Money unveils unregulated business arm

Smart Money Ltd has launched Smart Money Finance for all its unregulated business activity. Smart...

BLG appoints deputy head of new business 

Business Lending Group (BLG) has announced the appointment of Gordon Robinson as its deputy...

Octane Capital completes £10m Hackney bridging loan

Octane Capital has completed a £10m bridging loan on a £20m asset to a client...

Together rescues landlord’s renovation project

Together has delivered funding in 24 hours to help a landlord to complete renovations...

Builders slam idea of Irish ‘hard border’

A hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic would be damaging to the...

Kuflink Bridging expands underwriting team

Kuflink Bridging has announced the appointments of Richard Clare and Stuart Boag to its underwriting...

Together holds annual charity golf days

Specialist lender Together held two golf days last week to raise funds for Manchester...

Brightstar marks World Mental Health Awareness Day

Brightstar staff joined together on Tuesday (10 October) to raise awareness and raise funds...

Together improves Top Track 250 ranking

Together has once again been listed in The Sunday Times Grant Thornton Top Track...

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...

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Coadjute joins FCA AI testing programme as conveyancers face tougher AML regime

Coadjute has joined the Financial Conduct Authority’s AI Live Testing programme as conveyancing firms...

Morrow hire to lead intermediary growth strategy

Morrow has appointed Amit Gupta as financial services director as it looks to expand...

Russell Quirk calls out broken transaction system

UK mortgage and property professionals have been urged to rethink the homebuying process after Russell...

Newcastle updates broker portal for faster product transfers

Newcastle for Intermediaries has upgraded its broker portal to make product transfers quicker and...

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