Bridging

68% growth in business for Fincorp

Fincorp has reported a 68% increase in the volume of short-term loans approved and...

Montello launches £250m real estate fund

Montello has announced the launch of its third fund, the Montello Real Estate Opportunity...

CMC puts Dragonfly deals on Trigold

Brokers can now access Dragonfly Property Finance’s short term mortgage products through Trigold, exclusively...

Bridgebank Capital reveals broker winners

Paul Goodman of Goodman Corporate Consultancy and Debbie Lloyd from Business Loans 4 U,...

United Trust Bank announces New York competition winner

Short-term lender United Trust Bank has been running a broker promotion to give...

New offices for Brightstar

Brightstar Financial has just opened its new purpose built offices in Billericay, Essex. Office space...

Bridging market forecast to grow by a third over 2014

UK gross bridging lending is expected to surpass £2.7 billion over the course of...

Omni funds stately home development

Omni Capital has provided multi-million pound funding for an historic Surrey stately home once...

Important milestones for Dragonfly

Dragonfly Property Finance has recently passed the £750m mark of loans completed since launch....

Property ‘boom’ benefits P2P player

A new peer-to-peer lender has piggybacked on the UK's rising house prices, it has...

UTB hires solicitor to boost bridging team

United Trust Bank has recruited banking lawyer William Gould into its bridging division....

Bridgebank reveals latest broker award winners

Bridgebank Capital has given the Broker of the Month and Deal of the Month...

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...

COMMENT

Rates are moving and regulation is evolving

Many lenders are having to increase their rates, and that trend looks set to continue over the coming week. For clients whose current deal...

Building tomorrow’s mortgage market: AI built on trust, governance and confidence

The government's Financial Services AI Adoption Plan, led by Harriet Rees, group chief information officer at Starling Bank, and Dr Rohit Dhawan, group director...

The protection prompt: what AI still needs to get right

The Mills Review has prompted plenty of discussion across the mortgage industry. While much of the focus has been on the finding that a...

Why second charges are helping Right to Buy borrowers do more with their home

For many people, Right to Buy is still one of the most accessible ways to become a homeowner and over the last five years,...

The case for tech fluency before AI adoption in the mutual sector

It often feels like there is only one conversation taking place in financial services at the moment: artificial intelligence. Whether it’s trade shows and...

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Final call for views on FCA mortgage reforms

The mortgage industry has until tomorrow to respond to Financial Conduct Authority proposals intended...

One in five borrow to fund private healthcare

Almost one in five people who recently accessed private healthcare used a credit card...

Digital mortgage ID checks unaffected by government U-turn

Digital identity verification used by mortgage lenders, brokers and other regulated firms is unaffected...

Family BS launches broker Mortgage Hub

Family Building Society has launched an online mortgage application platform designed to give brokers...

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