Bridging

Dragonfly provides £18.5m bridge

Dragonfly Property Finance has provided an £18.5m acquisition bridge for the purchase of 50...

Aldermore to stop bridging lending

Aldermore has announced that it is withdrawing from the bridging loan market. In a message...

Investor confidence in lending environment unchanged

While there is uncertainty around the property market post-Brexit, investor confidence in the lending...

Kuflink Bridging expands head office team

Specialist short-term lender Kuflink Bridging has appointed Danielle Comrie as senior case manager in...

Commercial brokers remain firm on Brexit

92% of brokers working in the fields of asset, bridging and development finance would...

Q2 rise in bridging loan applications

The value of applications for bridging loans increased in the quarter ended 30 June 2016...

West One Loans’ co-founder quits

Duncan Kreeger of West One Loans is leaving the business that he co-founded. Kreeger (pictured)...

Development finance hires for Fortwell Capital

Fortwell Capital has made two key appointments to its development finance operation. Arthur Jennings has...

Cooling in bridging finance demand

There was a fall in demand for bridging loans during the second quarter of...

John Malone ends Positive chairmanship

John Malone has completed his stint as non-executive chairman of Positive Lending. He spent a year as...

Five new faces for TFC Homeloans

TFC Homeloans has increased its headcount by five. The new recruits will work across...

Master broker appoints new finance director

Vantage Finance has announced the appointment of James Hussey as its new finance director. Hussey (pictured) is...

Dragonfly hires pair of credit managers

Dragonfly Property Finance has recruited Dan Thorne and Edward Macan as credit managers. Thorne joins...

LendInvest hires BDM for Scotland

LendInvest has appointed Peter McDermid as a business development manager (BDM) for Scotland. McDermid will...

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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Foundation backs complex Oxfordshire holiday-let purchase

Foundation has provided a £153,700 mortgage for an experienced landlord buying a newly developed...

Openwork adds Perenna and West One to mortgage panel

The Openwork Partnership has added Perenna and West One to its mortgage lending panel,...

Bank of England holds rate at 3.75% as energy risks cloud outlook

The Bank of England has kept Bank Rate at 3.75% amid concern that higher...

TML and Bluestone cut selected residential mortgage rates

The Mortgage Lender and Bluestone Mortgages have reduced selected residential mortgage rates by up...

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