Bridging

Bridging business volumes expected to rise this year

73% of brokers operating in the bridging sector expect to complete more bridging business...

The benefits of niche financial solutions

In any industry, a niche sector provides a differentiated and beneficial product or service...

Dragonfly reaches redemption milestone

Dragonfly Property Finance has now redeemed more than £0.75bn in loans since its launch...

Omni Capital unveils new intermediary sales hub

Omni Capital has introduced an intermediary-facing sales hub, Omni Capital Client Services, which replaces Omni Capital's...

Norton Folgate acquired by Amicus

Short-term lender Amicus Finance Plc, which recently rebranded from Capital Bridging Finance Ltd, has announced...

Record breaking deal for Hope Capital

Short-term lender Hope Capital has just completed its largest ever loan deal. The £3.3...

New member for the ASTL

Manchester-based bridging and development finance lender Roma Finance has joined the ASTL. Roma Finance provides...

TRM partners with Crystal Mortgages

New broker network, The Right Mortgage and Protection (TRM), has entered into a preferred...

Shawbrook changes structure of specialist teams

Shawbrook Bank has made a number of changes and promotions across its specialist teams...

Brokers bullish about buy-to-let

82% of brokers expect the buy-to-let market to continue to strengthen during 2015, according...

Development finance brokers upbeat about prospects

73% of development finance brokers expect to grow their businesses in 2015, according to...

Capital Bridging rebrands

Capital Bridging Finance is rebranding to Amicus. The short-term property finance provider argues the...

Major rise in bridging loans written by ASTL members

The Association of Short Term Lenders’ (ASTL) latest quarterly figures have revealed that the...

New multimillion pound funding round for Borro

Borro has raised £13 million in funding, led by OurCrowd and Rocket Internet, to...

COMMENT

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...

Rental barometer shows strength, but March changes the tone

Looking at our recently published Q1 2026 Rental Barometer data in isolation, there is clearly a strong and positive story to tell. Average rental...

Latest news

Skipton to cut residential rates and revive three-year fixes

Skipton Building Society is cutting rates across parts of its residential mortgage range from...

The Leek lowers mortgage rates across residential and specialist products

Leek Building Society is cutting mortgage rates across parts of its residential, shared ownership,...

Fleet Mortgages adds two-year tracker products to buy-to-let range

Fleet Mortgages has launched three new two-year tracker mortgages at 75% loan-to-value across its...

Norton Home Loans provides remortgage on PRC home in Southampton

Norton Home Loans has completed a £218,000 remortgage for joint applicants in Southampton, allowing...

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