Bridging

Record levels of bridging finance

Short-term business finance secured against real estate valued at a new record of £360m...

Omni Capital expands into retail finance

CPC Group, the owners of leading bridging lender Omni Capital, has acquired Watford-based Logical...

Three-day turnaround for Dragonfly bridge

MCIFA has arranged a £1.7m bridging loan in three working days. The loan, provided by...

Hope Capital extends 1.5% proc fee offering for extra month

Hope Capital has reported its most successful month to date, completing its largest bridging...

Fincorp backs new bridging lender

Fincorp has agreed to provide funding to Martyn Smith’s new bridging lender Bath &...

Bespoke nature of bridging appealing to brokers

91% of bridging finance brokers believe that awareness of the versatility of bridging finance...

Important milestone for Enterprise Finance

Specialist loans distributor Enterprise Finance says it has arranged more than £100m of short-term...

Brightstar teams up with Precise

Brightstar Financial’s latest 'Lender Day' with Precise Mortgages resulted with nearly £5 million of...

Bridgebank Capital appoints marketing head

Bridgebank Capital has announced the appointment of Claire Pender as its new head of...

Hope Capital completes its largest bridging loan

Hope Capital has completed its largest bridging deal to date. Working closely with Chris Dailly...

Major investment for Bridgebank Capital

Bridgebank Capital has secured a substantial new line of funding of potentially up to...

United Trust Bank launches New York broker promotion

United Trust Bank welcomed over 90 brokers and other guests to a...

Alternative business finance outstripping mainstream commercial lending

Business loans by alternative lenders have significantly outpaced mainstream commercial finance over the past...

Dragonfly appoints BDM

Dragonfly Property Finance, has hired Justin Cooper as a business development manager (BDM). Cooper has...

COMMENT

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...

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM) is sometimes portrayed as a quick way for residents to...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers and administrators go on holiday. Specialist lending cases, which have...

Every rate shock is becoming a test of the modern mortgage business

Halifax, Barclays and HSBC increased selected mortgage rates by up to 0.20% this week, effective 21 July. Halifax removed its sub-4% deals entirely. Barclays'...

Your next client is probably more complicated than your last one

There's a shift happening in the mortgage market that most small firms aren't ready for. It's not about rates. It's not about the political...

Latest news

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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