Bridging

ASTL welcomes 35th member

Short-term property finance specialist Avamore Capital has joined the Association of Short Term Lenders...

43% of brokers adversely affected by referendum

A new poll of over 200 finance brokers operating in the fields of bridging,...

Precise hails bridging AVM as ‘win-win’

Precise Mortgages has introduced an Automated Valuation Model (AVM) to its bridging loan process. The lender claims...

LendInvest completes three-day bridge with First 4 Bridging

LendInvest has completed a bridging loan within three days on behalf of master broker...

Dragonfly passes major lending milestone

Dragonfly Property Finance, part of the Octopus group, has passing £2bn of loan completions...

New London offices for Fortwell Capital

Fortwell Capital, the provider of short and medium-term real estate funding, is moving to new, long-term...

Specialist Financial Services to use Bluechip Broker

Target Group is to supply its Bluechip Broker system to Specialist Financial Services, a...

ASTL annual conference keynote speaker revealed

Lord Daniel Finkelstein, political journalist and former adviser to the Prime Minister, is to...

Funding 365 completes £8.5m bridging in 3 days

Funding 365 has completed an £8.5m bridging loan within three working days in order...

Shawbrook changes short-term loan criteria

Shawbrook Bank has made four tweaks to its criteria for short-term loans (STL) following...

Vantage Finance appoints chairman

The former CEO of Aviva’s life insurance business has been appointed as chairman of...

LendInvest revamps bridging proposition

LendInvest has revised its bridging loan offering. The lender has split its bridging loan offering...

ASTL reveals 2016 conference details

ASTL’s annual conference to tackle lending in an uncertain world The Association of Short Term...

V Loans boosts bridging team

V Loans has appointed a business development manager and a case manager to its...

COMMENT

Kevin Tunnicliffe on ending the race to the bottom

This was always going to be a tricky interview. I’ve known Kevin Tunnicliffe, chief executive officer of Sort Group, which includes Sort Refer, for...

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts limited company buy-to-let rates for brokers

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected limited company buy-to-let rates by up to 20...

Paragon Bank introduces limited edition 60% LTV buy-to-let products

Paragon Bank has expanded its buy-to-let range with a new tranche of 60% loan-to-value...

TwentyCi hires Nick Huntley to lead sales at TwentyEA and TwentyConvey

TwentyCi has appointed Nick Huntley as sales director for TwentyEA and TwentyConvey as the...

HSBC cuts mortgage rates by up to 34bps across core ranges

HSBC UK has reduced mortgage rates across its product range, with cuts of up...

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