Bridging

Brokers face rise in complex cases as bridging demand evolves

As reported recently in trade news, the bridging finance landscape is changing, and brokers...

EXCLUSIVE: Colin Sanders steps down from Allica Bank bridging role

Colin Sanders, one of the UK’s most experienced specialist lending bosses, has stepped down...

StreamBank adds title insurance to accelerate bridging completions

StreamBank has introduced title insurance on all bridging loans up to £2 million in...

18 months of Inspired Lending: how we’ve grown alongside the bridging market

In December 2023, we completed our very first bridging loan. On the surface, it...

HTB unveils Portfolio Edge to tackle portfolio refinance challenges for brokers

Hampshire Trust Bank has launched Portfolio Edge, a new structured lending product aimed at...

Allica Bank completes £5.85m bridging facility

Allica Bank has completed a £5.85 million bridging facility to help fund the purchase...

Castle Trust Bank enhances broker experience with launch of PULSE platform

Castle Trust Bank has unveiled a new application and processing system for intermediaries, marking...

Kuflink raises LTV thresholds and backs title indemnity to cut delays

Bridging lender Kuflink has announced a series of updates to its lending criteria, aimed...

Fiduciam lowers rates across UK and EU lending markets

Fiduciam has announced significant interest rate reductions across its bridging and development loan products,...

Hilco completes £11.5m bridging loan on Liverpool student block in two weeks

Hilco Real Estate Finance (HREF) has completed a £11.5m bridging loan on The Platform,...

Bridging market predicts increase in demand

Confidence among brokers in the future of short-term lending is at its highest level...

HTB trims bridging rates by 10bps

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced a 10 basis point cut across its full...

Aspen completes £1.575m no-valuation bridge in nine days

Aspen Bridging has delivered a £1,575,000 no-valuation bridging loan in nine days to support...

Bridging finance proves more resilient than buy-to-let in high-rate environment

Bridging finance has shown greater resilience than buy-to-let (BTL) mortgages amid elevated interest rates,...

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...

Latest news

Leek BS launches five-year buy-to-let fixed rate

Leek Building Society has added a five-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgage to its intermediary...

LendInvest unveils 10bps buy-to-let rate cuts

LendInvest Mortgages has reduced rates across its two-year and five-year fixed-rate buy-to-let products by...

Quantum Mortgages cuts rates and launches remortgage cashback

Quantum Mortgages has launched a cashback product for remortgages and reduced rates across its...

Paragon cuts buy-to-let rates by 20bps

Paragon Bank has reduced rates by 20 basis points (bps) across its buy-to-let mortgage...

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