Bridging

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...

Alternative Bridging completes £4.5m loan across multiple facilities

Alternative Bridging Corporation has structured and completed a £4.5 million loan package for a...

MT Finance hosts third annual charity football festival at Spurs’ stadium

Specialist lender MT Finance brought together professionals from across the lending industry this week...

ModaMortgages opens door to day one remortgages for bridge exits

Specialist buy-to-let lender ModaMortgages has expanded its criteria to allow day one remortgages for...

West One opens Manchester office to support northern growth strategy

Specialist lender West One Loans has opened a new office in Manchester, as it...

TAB joins BDLA

TAB has joined the Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA) as a lender member. Founded...

Catalyst enters development finance market

Catalyst has launched a new senior ground-up development finance product, marking its formal entry...

Britain’s boldest developer hits the road: John Caudwell Joins Peking to Paris Rally

John Caudwell, Founder of luxury developer Caudwell, and arguably Britain’s most daring developer, is...

Inspired Lending backs complex South Yorkshire refurb with £1.1m bridging facility

Inspired Lending has completed a £1.1 million bridging loan to fund the acquisition and...

Kuflink secures pub purchase in time for Stamp Duty cut-off

Specialist lender Kuflink stepped in to complete a commercial property purchase at speed, enabling...

Hope Capital cuts fast-track bridging rates to 0.85%

Hope Capital has reduced its rate for residential fast-track bridging loans to 0.85% per...

London Credit backs fast-paced commercial deal with £325,000 bridging loan

Specialist lender London Credit has completed a £325,000 bridging loan to facilitate the time-critical...

Arc & Co. arranges £26m bridging deal on prime London property

Specialist advisory firm Arc & Co. and bridging lender Market Financial Solutions have completed...

COMMENT

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Why you need to know what sits behind the average review score

There’s a funny thing about review scores. The better they are, the less likely we are to question them. If a company is sitting at...

The new Chancellor wants to remove barriers to growth; he should start with housing

There was probably a degree of unintended irony in the Treasury choosing to call the Chancellor, John Healey’s, first major market ‘intervention’ his ‘Growth...

Brokers are losing the attention battle 1,000 to 3

Take a client you placed on a 5-year fix last year. Over the life of that deal, their bank is now planning to contact...

Triple lock or no triple lock? That is not the question

The debate over the State Pension triple lock has returned. But perhaps the more important question is what the debate tells us about the...

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Royal London pays income protection claim before customer pays first premium

Royal London has paid an income protection claim to a customer who became unable...

Novello joins OPDA as it prepares AI-led surveying platform

Novello Chartered Surveyors has joined the Open Property Data Association as the surveying firm...

Virgin Money raises selected mortgage rates and launches new 60% LTV deals

Virgin Money is increasing selected residential and buy-to-let rates from 16 September while withdrawing...

Clydesdale to raise residential product transfer rates by up to 0.20%

Clydesdale will increase selected residential product transfer fixed rates from Wednesday 16 September. The lender...

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