Bridging

ASTL reveals conference plans

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) will hold its inaugural annual conference for...

Auction Finance reduces rates

Auction Finance has launched two new bridging loan products at its lowest ever rates. The...

Positive Lending unveils new low-priced short-term deal

Positive Lending has been selected to distribute a prime short-term lending product priced at...

Y3S launches Loans Insider magazine

Y3S Group has unveiled a new industry magazine for the UK’s financial intermediaries, called...

Positive Lending and UTB behind Silverstone F1 competition

Specialist lending packager and distributor Positive Lending and United Trust Bank are offering the...

Brightstar holds second Masthaven lender day

Brightstar Financial is holding its second Lender Day in association with Masthaven Bridging and...

FOS to speak at ASTL meeting

Peter Bristow, outreach manager from the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS), is to speak at...

Fincorp boosts broker sales team

Fincorp has hired Gary Playle as business development manager. His appointment comes as the bridging...

Time the bridging industry “grew up”

Bridging lender Fincorp has questioned claims that gross lending in the short-term mortgage market...

Tenet Group to distribute Metro Bank mortages

Metro Bank is partnering with Tenet Group, allowing Metro Bank mortgages to be available...

Ex-Tuita new business head joins Brightstar

Brightstar Financial has appointed Andy Jacovou as new business consultant. He will be working for...

Brokers unhappy with solicitors’ response times

Consistency of acceptance criteria and better legal response times are the main findings of...

miLoan registers 5,000 brokers

Y3S has reported a landmark in the history of its sourcing system miloanbroker.com following...

Significant rise in bridging lending

For the quarter which ended 31 December 2012, the ASTL has reported a 23%...

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When an investor spots an opportunity in the student accommodation sector, it’s rarely a simple transaction. Often what unlocks success is the guidance and...

Mansion tax plans resurface as Prime London prices slide

Thirteen years since the Liberal Democrats first proposed a Mansion Tax on properties over £2 million the Treasury is reportedly considering the same plan. Even...

Chris Williams on being the architect of connection

For most of the last decade Chris Williams has been dissecting the machinery of the UK property market and helping industry understand how it...

Collaboration, not quick fixes, must drive the next phase of reform

As we edge closer to the autumn Budget, the housing market finds itself in a familiar state of anticipation and uncertainty. Inflation remains stubbornly high,...

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Shawbrook broadens AVM use to accelerate bridging completions

Shawbrook has expanded the use of Automated Valuation Models (AVMs) across its bridging range,...

Selina Finance appoints new head of intermediaries to strengthen broker partnerships

Selina Finance has appointed Matthew Batte as head of intermediaries as the specialist lender...

Market Harborough unveils new larger loan products for complex cases

Market Harborough Building Society has launched a series of limited-edition mortgage products aimed at...

UTB completes £505,000 regulated downsizing bridge in seven business days

United Trust Bank (UTB) has completed a £505,000 regulated bridging loan in just seven...

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