Bridging

MT Finance hosts third annual charity football festival at Spurs’ stadium

Specialist lender MT Finance brought together professionals from across the lending industry this week...

ModaMortgages opens door to day one remortgages for bridge exits

Specialist buy-to-let lender ModaMortgages has expanded its criteria to allow day one remortgages for...

West One opens Manchester office to support northern growth strategy

Specialist lender West One Loans has opened a new office in Manchester, as it...

TAB joins BDLA

TAB has joined the Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA) as a lender member. Founded...

Catalyst enters development finance market

Catalyst has launched a new senior ground-up development finance product, marking its formal entry...

Britain’s boldest developer hits the road: John Caudwell Joins Peking to Paris Rally

John Caudwell, Founder of luxury developer Caudwell, and arguably Britain’s most daring developer, is...

Inspired Lending backs complex South Yorkshire refurb with £1.1m bridging facility

Inspired Lending has completed a £1.1 million bridging loan to fund the acquisition and...

Kuflink secures pub purchase in time for Stamp Duty cut-off

Specialist lender Kuflink stepped in to complete a commercial property purchase at speed, enabling...

Hope Capital cuts fast-track bridging rates to 0.85%

Hope Capital has reduced its rate for residential fast-track bridging loans to 0.85% per...

London Credit backs fast-paced commercial deal with £325,000 bridging loan

Specialist lender London Credit has completed a £325,000 bridging loan to facilitate the time-critical...

Arc & Co. arranges £26m bridging deal on prime London property

Specialist advisory firm Arc & Co. and bridging lender Market Financial Solutions have completed...

MT Finance expands J.P. Morgan forward flow deal to £2.5bn

MT Finance has expanded its forward flow agreement with J.P. Morgan by £1bn, taking...

Brokers face rise in complex cases as bridging demand evolves

As reported recently in trade news, the bridging finance landscape is changing, and brokers...

EXCLUSIVE: Colin Sanders steps down from Allica Bank bridging role

Colin Sanders, one of the UK’s most experienced specialist lending bosses, has stepped down...

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Why rigid credit scoring is locking too many people out of homeownership

Some people don’t fit the mould. That’s always been true in mortgage lending. But the tools used by most lenders to assess borrowers, particularly...

What a bigger market means for brokers

The latest Interpath and BDLA UK Bridging Market Survey confirms what many brokers are already experiencing on the ground, that bridging has hit the...

How social media can bridge the protection disconnect

The latest AMI Protection Viewpoint provided a compelling snapshot of the challenges and opportunities facing the protection market. The research highlights a worrying pattern that...

Opening doors for credit-worthy but overlooked clients

It doesn’t take much these days for a borrower to feel they’ve fallen out of favour with the system. A missed payment here, a...

Ministerial cock-ups could kill radical property taxes

At first it might appear that the mortgage industry and the housing sector as a whole should be cross with the Labour government. After all,...

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HTB backs £4m refinance for London landlord

Hampshire Trust Bank has completed a £4m semi-commercial refinance for an experienced landlord in...

MPC narrowly votes to hold rates at 4% as calls for a cut grow louder

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has come within a whisker of...

UTB backs £16.5m Surrey developments by Rushmon Homes

United Trust Bank (UTB) is providing £10.7m in acquisition and development finance to support...

Octopus Capital funds two new care homes

Octopus Capital has completed a £30 million forward funding agreement with Synergy Care Developments...

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