Bridging

MT Finance expands J.P. Morgan forward flow deal to £2.5bn

MT Finance has expanded its forward flow agreement with J.P. Morgan by £1bn, taking...

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...

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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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