Bridging

Shawbrook introduces bridging fixed rates

Shawbrook Commercial Mortgages has updated its pricing for short term and regulated bridging product...

Borro becomes full member of the ASTL

Borro has upgraded its associate membership to become a full member of the Association...

3% rise in bridging lending

Gross annual bridging lending increased to £3.6bn in February, rising from £3.5bn at the end of...

Hope Capital completes its largest loan

Hope Capital has completed a £3.9m loan on a student residential scheme in Stoke...

EXCLUSIVE: rebrand for specialist distributor

Brilliant Solutions has announced the rebranding of its business, the latest part in the distributor's transformation over...

“Landmark” judgement in negligent valuation case

A law firm has claimed that a Court of Appeal judgment in a professional...

Dragonfly funds avant garde London development

Dragonfly Property Finance has funded an exclusive mixed-use development comprising eight supposed avant garde...

Brightstar wins global IIP award

Brightstar Financial has been awarded the Investors in People (IIP) Gold Employer of the Year...

LendInvest “pauses” lending on new second charge deals after EU vote

LendInvest has reviewed its lending criteria for bridging finance borrowers following the UK’s vote...

Together: We’ll support brokers through Brexit 

Following the uncertainty stemming from the referendum decision last week to leave the European...

Hitachi Capital in NACFB membership promotion

Hitachi Capital Business Finance brokers have been give the opportunity to receive £250 off...

Y3S offers free bridging AVMs

Y3S is now offering free Automated Valuations (AVMs) on some of its first and second...

Positive Lending unveils bridging AVM exclusive

Positive Lending is offering a exclusive, free Automated Valuations (AVMs) on selected first and second charge standard...

Positive first to use Precise’s bridging AVM

Positive Lending has been able to provide its first ‘same day’ bridging offer by using Precise Mortgage’s...

COMMENT

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

Building societies need to start putting intelligence into motion

If you were at the Building Societies Association Annual Conference in Edinburgh last month , you could not have missed the optimism: the sector...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 21

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...

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BuildLoan launches World Cup predictor for brokers

BuildLoan has launched a World Cup prediction competition for UK mortgage brokers, with cash...

FRP arranges £4.1m refinance for York student accommodation scheme

FRP Real Estate Advisory has arranged a £4.1m commercial term facility to refinance a...

Investor backs secondary retail prospects with Essex acquisition

An investor has highlighted the continuing appeal of well-located secondary retail assets after completing...

The Mortgage Works signals buy-to-let rate reductions

The Mortgage Works is cutting rates by up to 0.22 percentage points across selected...

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