Bridging

Roma Finance launches revolving credit facility

Roma Finance has launched a new Revolving Credit Facility designed to offer property professionals...

Castle Trust Bank introduces 48-hour refinance completion service

Castle Trust Bank has launched a new fast-track refinance service, offering to complete loans...

HTB appoints Alexia Evans as lending director to strengthen development finance team

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has appointed Alexia Evans as lending director within its development...

Why bridging finance will help SMEs weather the economic storm

It’s fair to say that the government's latest statement had little spring in it,...

Assetz Capital backs Cairngorms industrial scheme with £1.94m loan

Assetz Capital has provided a £1.94 million funding package to support the development of...

Pivot backs Torsion Care with £4.1m facility for Lancashire retirement scheme

Specialist lender Pivot has completed a £4.1 million development exit facility for Torsion Care...

LHV Bank delivers £10.92m facility to fund off-market office acquisition near Birmingham

LHV Bank has completed a £10.92 million facility to support the strategic acquisition of...

Brokers could be overlooking sales opportunities by ignoring client assets

Mortgage brokers and financial advisers may be missing valuable opportunities by failing to ask...

Assetz Capital deploys £20m in two weeks as regional lending strategy gains momentum

Assetz Capital has marked a robust start to its financial year with £20m in...

Hilco Real Estate Finance completes fast £12m refinance of Heathrow hotel

Hilco Real Estate Finance has completed a £12m bridging loan on a 178-bedroom hotel...

Kuflink appoints new CFO

Bridging lender Kuflink has announced the appointment of Gurmit Raina as chief financial officer,...

Saffron for Intermediaries improves development finance offering and extends LTI

Saffron for Intermediaries has announced a wide-ranging refresh of its mortgage offering, with significant...

Allica Bank nearly doubles profits

Allica Bank has reported a near doubling of annual profits to £29.9 million in...

Precise completes seven-day bridging loan to fund family annexe

Specialist lender Precise has completed a bridging loan in seven working days, enabling the...

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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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SortRefer posts record-breaking month for completions and revenue

SortRefer recorded its strongest-ever month for completions and revenue in October. The Derby-based conveyancing and...

Catalyst reinforces underwriting operations with key promotions

Catalyst Property Finance has strengthened its underwriting function through a strategic restructure and a...

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...

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