Bridging

Helping portfolios grow with property refurbishment loans

The refurbishment lending market has seen a recent boost with property investors and homeowners...

UTB to launch professional lending deal

United Trust Bank has appointed Kevin Flowerday to launch a new professional...

Savills property expert to address ASTL conference

Susan Emmett, a director in Savills’ residential research team, is to speak at the...

Bridgebank funds major ‘debt forgiveness’ settlement

Bridgebank Capital has completed a £2.3 million bridging loan advance to an experienced property...

APAC Systems launches “ultimate generic application form”

A new cloud based platform has launched which combines the criteria and application questions...

£5m in enquiries for Masthaven at NACFB Expo

Masthaven Bridging, which has exhibited at the NACFB for the past five years, has...

Alternative finance outstripping Help to Buy

Help to Buy has provided less than half the funding for new homes in...

New member for the ASTL

Signature Private Finance has become the ASTL’s latest member. The firm offers a range of...

United Trust Bank unveils refurbishment bridging product

United Trust Bank has launched a new short term refurbishment product aimed at...

Masthaven Bridging completes £1.6m deal

Masthaven and First4Bridging have joined forces to secure a £1.6 million bridging loan. The loan...

Montello continues to grow loan book

Montello Finance has said it is lending over £250m a year. The London firm claims...

UTB offers ‘best of British’ competition

Brokers visiting United Trust Bank’s stand at the NACFB Commercial Finance Expo will have...

FCA mortgage manager to keynote ASTL conference

Lynda Blackwell, the Financial Conduct Authority's manager of its mortgages sector team is to...

Hope Capital hires HR specialist

Hope Capital has appointed its second new member of support staff in the past...

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Heavy refurbishment: structuring finance for complex property upgrades

Investors are rethinking their approach to property - heavy refurbishment is no longer just an option; it’s a necessity for unlocking value in today’s...

Why predicting 2025 interest rates feels like a fool’s errand

In my first (and for some reason clearly not my last) article last month, I attempted (perhaps foolishly) to discuss where rates might go...

Helping university students onto the property ladder

As we head towards the Easter break, thousands of first-year university students up and down the country will be preparing for exams and making...

Lenders must step up on high LTV products

Things are on the up for borrowers with a smaller deposit. The financial information website Moneyfacts publishes a regular update on mortgage product numbers,...

Why it matters that bridging hit more than £10bn last year

We see many numbers bandied around in the financial industry, which can sometimes have a numbing effect. So why should we all, especially brokers, care...

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Three-quarters of brokers expect rate hold

76% of specialist brokers expect that the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)...

The Finance Family adopts Acre as platform for growth

Midlands-based The Finance Family has migrated its team of over 20 brokers to Acre’s...

‘Consumer thinking’ holding businesses back from better finance solutions

New research from Time Finance has revealed that many UK businesses default to consumer-style...

British Business Bank reports how pivotal first Covid lockdown was

Five years since the first Covid-19 lockdown, new data from Start Up Loans, part...