Bridging

Keep the dream alive with bridging

The bridging market continues to deliver on helping clients achieve their goals in the...

Private equity firm takes minority stake in United Trust Bank

United Trust Bank (UTB) has revealed that an agreement has been reached between its...

Aspen provides £1m no valuation bridging loan

Aspen has completed a £1.14m 'no valuation' bridging loan in three weeks on a...

BFS celebrates most successful year to date

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has ended 2024 as its strongest year to date in...

Norton Broker Services secures £342,000 re-bridge

Norton Broker Services, a specialist finance packager and master broker, has completed a re-bridging...

Bridging finance poised for growth amid stamp duty changes

One of the main headlines which emerged from the recent Budget is the impact...

StreamBank delivers £225k bridging loan in Scotland

StreamBank has completed its fastest case in Scotland to date. It delivered a £225K regulated...

Black & White Bridging reaches 1,000 new home milestone

Black & White Bridging has calculated that it has supported the creation of 1,000...

Q&A: Jaxon Stevens, ASG Finance

Mortgage Soup fires the questions at Jaxon Stevens, relationship director at ASG Finance. Mortgage Soup...

The naughty and nice list: bridging for complex clients

As brokers and lenders offering bridging solutions, we have all encountered the ‘naughty’ or...

Seven out of 10 brokers believe specialist mortgage market offers best ever opportunity

Seven out of 10 (72%) brokers believe the specialist market now presents a bigger...

Light vs. heavy refurbishment loans

Bridging the gap between a property’s potential and its final transformation often requires quick...

Refurb must play crucial role in meeting housing demand

The UK housing market is undeniably under pressure - demand is outstripping supply at...

FIBA adds Market Harborough BS to lender panel

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA), part of Simplybiz, has announced the addition...

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Income protection: the unsung hero of the cost-of-living crisis

Higher mortgage rates, rising energy costs, and continued inflation have put pressure on many household budgets. Advisers spend time helping customers find the right rate,...

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...

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HLPartnership adds Handelsbanken to lender panel

HLPartnership has added Handelsbanken to its lender panel as part of its ongoing strategy...

FCA warns consumers over ineffective credit builder products

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned that many credit builder products fail to...

Affordability pressures deepen in Wales and North East as rental divergence widens

Regional divergence within the UK’s private rented sector has become more pronounced, with new...

Santander lowers mortgage pricing and unveils new large loan options

Santander is set to cut its residential fixed mortgage rates by up to 0.14...

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