Bridging

Kuflink completes rescue deal to prevent receivership

Specialist bridging lender Kuflink has stepped in to save an expat client from receivership...

Roma Finance introduces dual rep to accelerate completions

Roma Finance has launched dual legal representation across its bridging and term loan products,...

Alternative Bridging provides £1.15m revolving facility for York development

Alternative Bridging Corporation has completed a £1.15 million Alternative Overdraft facility to support the...

Catalyst Property Finance named Patron Lender of NACFB

Catalyst Property Finance has been appointed as a Patron Lender of the National Association...

SDKA raises semi-commercial LTV to 75%

Bridging lender SDKA has increased its maximum loan-to-value for semi-commercial properties to 75%, responding...

Five Foxes take specialist lending insights to Leeds brokers

The collaborative 'Five Foxes' group of East Midlands building societies is set to take...

Mera refinances industrial and storage site with £7.5m bridge

Mera Investment Management has completed a £7.5m bridging loan to refinance an industrial and...

Inspired Lending provides £2m facility for Nottingham HMO scheme 

Inspired Lending has delivered a £2 million loan facility to fund the acquisition and...

Hope Capital unveils lower-rate loan for commercial-to-residential conversions

Hope Capital has launched a new specialist commercial loan aimed at developers seeking to...

Keychain implements bridging and commercial upgrade

Digital client platform Keychain has launched a suite of specialist workflows tailored to the...

Bridging sees growth in investment purchases as processing times improve

Bridging finance is increasingly being used by property investors to secure purchases and act...

Funding 365 raises maximum light refurbishment LTV

Funding 365 has raised the maximum gross loan-to-value (LTV) on its Light Refurbishment product...

Planning approvals drop despite rise in applications

England’s planning system is showing signs of growing strain as new government figures reveal...

Taylor Rose parent AIIC Group launches cloud-based practice management platform

AIIC Group, the legal services group behind Taylor Rose, FDR Law and Kingsley Wood,...

COMMENT

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

Building societies need to start putting intelligence into motion

If you were at the Building Societies Association Annual Conference in Edinburgh last month , you could not have missed the optimism: the sector...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 21

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...

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Hope Capital secures £35 million HTB funding line

Hope Capital Property Finance has secured a £35 million wholesale funding line from Hampshire...

Nottingham Building Society backs Instamo broker padel event

Nottingham Building Society has been confirmed as headline sponsor of Instamo's FastAdmin Broker Padel...

Warhol collection helps secure £310k loan for home improvements

A high-net-worth client has secured a £310,000 short-term loan against a collection of Andy...

Brokers urged to strengthen sanctions checks

Mortgage and financial services firms are being urged to review their sanctions controls after...

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