Bridging

New bridging deals from Crystal Mortgages

Crystal Mortgages is offering a new selection of commercial bridging loans. Standard buy-to-let, light refurbishment...

UTB: optimism seems to be spreading

49% of brokers who took part in a survey by united Trust Bank...

Alternative finance trouncing Help to Buy

Despite its coverage in the media, Help to Buy was overshadowed four times over...

Bridgebank Capital wins short-term lending award

Bridgebank Capital has been chosen as the winner of the Acquisition International Regional Short...

Hope Capital breaks £1m bridging barrier for first time

Hope Capital has completed its largest bridging deal to date. Last week it completed a...

Bridging: a tale of two markets?

Bridging lender Fincorp says sector is splitting into two distinct markets and the industry...

40% year-on-year rise in bridging lending

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has reported a significant rise in bridging...

Borro: alternative is now part of the mainstream

Borro has suggested that the term 'alternative lending' is no longer an accurate term. The...

New face at Bridgebank Capital

Bridgebank Capital has appointed Alan Padget to its business development team. As a business development...

Dragonfly Property Finance acquired by Octopus

Octopus Capital has acquired the management company through which Jonathan Samuels set up and...

Capital Bridging Finance appoints specialist lending head

Tom Thomas has joined Capital Bridging Finance as head of specialist lending. Thomas, who...

New bridging deals from Lancashire Mortgage Corporation

Lancashire Mortgage Corporation has launched a new range of bridging finance products. The brand is...

New non-execs for United Trust Bank

Tracy Blackwell and Stephen Lockley have joined the board of United Trust Bank as...

Auction bridging products unveiled

Auction Finance 4 Brokers has launched with four specialist bridging finance products for residential...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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