Bridging

Hilco Real Estate Finance completes fast £12m refinance of Heathrow hotel

Hilco Real Estate Finance has completed a £12m bridging loan on a 178-bedroom hotel...

Kuflink appoints new CFO

Bridging lender Kuflink has announced the appointment of Gurmit Raina as chief financial officer,...

Saffron for Intermediaries improves development finance offering and extends LTI

Saffron for Intermediaries has announced a wide-ranging refresh of its mortgage offering, with significant...

Allica Bank nearly doubles profits

Allica Bank has reported a near doubling of annual profits to £29.9 million in...

Precise completes seven-day bridging loan to fund family annexe

Specialist lender Precise has completed a bridging loan in seven working days, enabling the...

London Credit cuts bridging rates for commercial and semi-commercial deals

London Credit has reduced rates on its commercial and semi-commercial bridging finance products, trimming...

BDLA to host annual conference at Glaziers Hall following record year

The Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA) has confirmed that its 2025 Annual Conference...

UTB supports £40m Canary Wharf Build-to-Rent development

United Trust Bank has agreed a £27.8m funding facility to support the delivery of...

Lendco joins The Right Mortgage lender panel

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has announced the addition of specialist lender Lendco...

Go Commercial Finance unveils bespoke Spanish bridge for UK investors

Go Commercial Finance has launched a specialist Spanish bridge loan aimed at UK financial...

Property data and AI tools will help brokers win more business

REalyse has launched a residential property intelligence tool designed to give mortgage brokers a...

Aspen delivers £2.1m no valuation solution in 28 days

Specialist lender Aspen Bridging has provided a £2.1m no valuation bridging loan within 28...

Trump’s crazy tariffs could actually be good news for UK landlords

In an unexpected twist, Donald Trump’s return to the global stage with a fresh...

Stamford Finance unveils exclusive dev exit deal via Brickflow

Stamford Finance has launched an exclusive development exit finance product through the Brickflow platform. The...

COMMENT

Mortgage maturity: A golden opportunity for advisers

Around 1.8 million fixed-rate mortgage deals are due to come to an end in 2026, adding to the 1.6 million mortgages that already matured...

Rates are moving and regulation is evolving

Many lenders are having to increase their rates, and that trend looks set to continue over the coming week. For clients whose current deal...

Building tomorrow’s mortgage market: AI built on trust, governance and confidence

The government's Financial Services AI Adoption Plan, led by Harriet Rees, group chief information officer at Starling Bank, and Dr Rohit Dhawan, group director...

The protection prompt: what AI still needs to get right

The Mills Review has prompted plenty of discussion across the mortgage industry. While much of the focus has been on the finding that a...

Why second charges are helping Right to Buy borrowers do more with their home

For many people, Right to Buy is still one of the most accessible ways to become a homeowner and over the last five years,...

Latest news

First-time buyer squeeze deepens as mortgage rates climb

First-time buyers with small deposits face mounting pressure as average mortgage rates rise and...

Mortgage costs push sales 9% lower

Higher mortgage rates have contributed to a sharper-than-usual summer housing slowdown, with sales agreed...

Access FS appoints Alan Baldwin as compliance director

Access Financial Services has appointed Alan Baldwin as director of compliance as it expands...

Mortgage-backed Swansea auction sale completes in six days

A mortgage-financed property purchase in Swansea has completed six days after the draft contract...

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