Bridging

House prices post strongest rise in over a year as rental growth cools

UK house prices recorded their fastest annual growth in more than a year in...

SDKA completes £1m complex bridge for family-run car business

A family business in West Sussex has secured its future growth with the help...

OSB sees profit slide despite loan growth and new platform launch

OneSavings Bank (OSB Group) reported a fall in profits for the first half of...

Word On The Street appoints first broker

Word On The Street, the specialist property finance brokerage, has appointed Ben Hartley as...

UTB promotes Masters to associate director role

United Trust Bank has promoted David Masters to the newly created role of associate...

East Midlands newbuild prices fall as developers respond to weaker demand

The average asking price of newbuild homes coming to market in the East Midlands...

Arc & Co. secures £16.4m loan for Fareham premium care home development

Specialist debt and equity advisory firm Arc & Co. has completed a £16.4 million...

Hope Capital targets refurb market with high-LTV bridging product

Hope Capital has launched a new bridging loan product offering 75% net initial advance. It...

Construction output rises in Q2 but new orders slump

UK construction output rose in the second quarter of 2025 but a sharp fall...

Aspen Bridging appoints new BDM for Midlands and North

Aspen Bridging has strengthened its sales team with the appointment of Kevin Beale as...

Roma Finance launches AI-powered DeskVal to speed up lending decisions

Roma Finance has unveiled DeskVal, an AI-powered valuation tool designed to deliver faster and...

Right of Light risks: a looming shadow over construction projects

Gone are the days when a Right of Light infringement could be swiftly dealt...

Kuflink launches in-house legal department to speed up deals

Bridging lender Kuflink has launched its own in-house legal department, in what it describes...

Precise marks first anniversary of broker app

Precise, part of the OSB Group, is celebrating the first anniversary of its broker...

COMMENT

Mortgage maturity: A golden opportunity for advisers

Around 1.8 million fixed-rate mortgage deals are due to come to an end in 2026, adding to the 1.6 million mortgages that already matured...

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,...

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IMLA supports flexible mortgage rules but says housing supply remains key

Mortgage lenders have backed proposals to give first-time buyers and other underserved borrowers greater...

Mortgage borrowing jumps to £7.7bn

Net mortgage borrowing more than doubled to £7.7bn in June, up from £3.3bn in...

AMI says mortgage rule reforms must keep advice at their core

Proposals to give lenders greater flexibility must be supported by mortgage advice if they...

Stamp duty deters half of over-65s from moving

Half of over-65s see stamp duty as a barrier to moving home, despite 58%...

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