Bridging

Q&A: Neil Leitch, Hampshire Trust Bank

Mortgage Soup fires the questions at Neil Leitch, managing director of development finance at...

Aspen marks broker milestone with Trafalgar Square rooftop launch

Aspen Bridging welcomed more than 100 brokers to its inaugural Spring Party last week,...

MT Finance appoints Darren Clarke to lead new commercial division

MT Finance has announced the appointment of Darren Clarke to lead its newly formed...

SME survey launched to gauge policy impact on mortgage market and housing delivery

A new ‘State of Play’ survey will assess how Labour’s first year in power...

Bluecroft Finance joins growing ranks of BDLA lender members

Bluecroft Finance has become the latest lender to join the Bridging & Development Lenders...

Investec provides £54.6m for office-to-residential conversions

Investec has arranged a £54.6 million club facility for Signal Capital Partners to support...

Inspired Lending cuts bridging loan rates to 0.89%

Bridging lender Inspired Lending has reduced rates across its product range, with new pricing...

Bridging market poised for strong growth in 2025

The UK bridging finance sector is expected to enter a period of marked expansion...

UTB completes £345k second charge bridge for holiday let purchase

United Trust Bank (UTB) has completed a £345,000 second charge regulated bridging loan to...

Aspen Bridging cut rates by up to 72bps following MPC decision

Aspen Bridging has unveiled a sweeping set of rate reductions across its product range,...

Suros Capital uses gold to swiftly fund property developer’s renovation

Luxury asset lender Suros Capital has revealed details of a recent transaction in which...

Zenzic Development Finance triples loan capacity with £45m facility

Zenzic Development Finance has secured a three-year funding line of up to £45 million...

SDKA strengthens underwriting team with new hire

Bridging lender SDKA has appointed Chris Simpson as underwriter. Simpson will work across a broad...

Ward Hadaway joins bridging lenders’ trade body

Ward Hadaway has become the latest organisation to join the Bridging & Development Lenders...
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COMMENT

Fixed rates

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...

Latest news

Buy-to-let

Fleet brings back green buy-to-let fixes and cuts rates

Fleet Mortgages has reintroduced two- and five-year fixed-rate EPC A-C products and reduced rates...
News

First-time buyers delaying major life decisions to save for a home

Many aspiring homeowners are postponing key life milestones and enduring workplace and relationship pressures...
Appointments

Stonebridge strengthens leadership team with head of people appointment

Stonebridge has appointed Lisa Margolis as head of people as the mortgage and protection...
News

Landlords rushed to regain possession ahead of Renters’ Rights Act, data suggests

Landlord possession claims increased in the first quarter of 2026 as property owners sought...

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