Bridging

Legal firm becomes ASTL associate member

Gateley Plc has become the latest business to join the Association of Short Term...

Roma Finance finances its largest ever deal

Roma Finance has completed its largest ever case providing £1.1m as part of a...

Signature backs £6m Penarth development

RH Properties (RHP) is set to soon complete the £6 million transformation of a...

Octane Capital moves into development arena

Octane Capital has launched its development arm and hired Alex Tyrwhitt as head of development...

ASTL outlines ‘Brexit and Bridging’ line-up

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has published the line up for its...

Mint Bridging selects Safe4 service

Mint Bridging has adopted the Safe4 service from Safe4 Information Management to provide a secure cloud platform...

ASTL member lending tops £3bn

The value of bridging loans written by members of the Association of Short Term...

‘Summer Sale’ from Mint Bridging

Mint Bridging has revealed that it has over £30m of funding to lend in September...

FP Show expands lending remit

The Finance Professional Show (FP Show) will take place on 8 November at Olympia in...

ASTL reveals annual conference details

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) is to hold its annual conference on...

Octane Capital refinances BTL portfolio despite credit issues

Octane Capital has completed a £1.1m refinance of a complex buy-to-let portfolio comprising four properties...

Together lends £3.7m in three days

Together has provided three regulated bridging loans worth more than £3.7 million in three...

BDM relocation pays off for Mint Bridging

Mint Bridging has relocated its sales and business development team to MediaCityUK, Salford.  The six strong...

Refurbishment top reason for bridging

The second quarter of the year saw gross bridging lending increase by 26% on...

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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