Bridging

Roma Finance aids £1m basement conversion

Roma Finance has come to the rescue of a customer, who had been let down...

LendInvest offering new refurb product

LendInvest has launched a new refurbishment finance product aimed at experienced property professionals. The refurbishment...

New associate member for ASTL

Begbies Traynor has become the latest associate member to join the Association of Short...

New bridging rates from Octopus Property

Octopus Property has made rates reductions on its bridging loan range across all major LTV bandings....

Record 2016 for Crystal Specialist Finance

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has reported that in 2016 issued terms were up 81%, completed...

BFS unveils its lowest bridging rate yet

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has announced that its rates will start from 0.75% per...

Castle Trust joins AOBP

Castle Trust has joined the Association of Bridging Professionals (AOBP) as an Associate Lender. It...

Bridging lender unveils 0.55% deal

Bridging lender Signature Private Finance has launched a new 0.55% per month product, with...

Connect for Intermediaries launches residential permissions

Connect for Intermediaries has expanded its mortgage network proposition to now include residential permissions. The...

Londoners three times more likely to gazump

New research by bridging lender Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has revealed that property buyers...

New structured credit facility for Together

Specialist lender Together has agreed a new facility of £90 million, targeted at funding...

John Wheeler teams up with Paul Mumford again

John Wheeler has joined Century Capital as its new head of business development at Century Capital. Wheeler has...

ASTL revises Code of Conduct

Members of the Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has voted to alter up its Code...

Roma Finance unveils special 0.75% bridging deal

Roma Finance has announced a special time-bound offer on residential investment first charge bridging...

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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Homeowners delay energy upgrades amid confusion over EPC ratings

More than two-fifths of UK homeowners have delayed or are considering delaying energy-efficiency improvements,...

Lengthy completions put mortgage offers under pressure

Homebuyers face an average five-month wait between agreeing a sale and completing, increasing the...

Insured expats still face barriers to healthcare

More than half of insured expatriates have delayed or gone without necessary healthcare because...

Mortgage lending rebounds but book growth lags

UK mortgage gross lending increased by more than a fifth during 2025, although substantially...

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