Bridging

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,...

Bridge Help bolsters business development team

Bridge Help has expanded its business development team with the appointment of Daisy Wilson,...

StreamBank backs Birmingham commercial property sale with £720k bridging loan

StreamBank has provided a £720,000 commercial bridging loan to support the sale of a...

United Trust Bank appoints Alex Tyrwhitt to lead new structured property solutions division

United Trust Bank (UTB) has appointed Alex Tyrwhitt to the newly created position of...

Market Harborough Building Society reduces fixed mortgage rates

Complex case specialist Market Harborough Building Society has today reduced its residential and let...

Regional imbalance deepens as development in London slows

The UK housing market is facing a stark regional imbalance as new data points...

Funding 365 announces internal promotions to leadership roles

Specialist lender Funding 365 has elevated two of its long-serving team members to senior...

Bridging finance sector posts record efficiency as investment activity rises

Bridging finance activity remained steady in the first quarter of 2025, with the sector...

Quantum Mortgages backs launch of Fort Bridging in strategic partnership

Quantum Mortgages has announced a collaboration with Fort Advice Bureau in support of the...

LendInvest raises AVM threshold to 75% LTV on unregulated bridging products

LendInvest has announced that automated valuation models (AVMs) will now be accepted up to...

HTB extends standard BTL pricing to semi-commercial cases

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has broadened its specialist mortgages offering by applying standard buy-to-let...

Inspired Lending expands with lending manager hire

Inspired Lending has appointed Nathan Wilson as lending manager as the business looks to...

Alternative Bridging boosts commercial lending with refreshed bridging offer

Alternative Bridging Corporation has enhanced its commercial bridging proposition with a series of updates...

Black & White Bridging creates new asset management team

Specialist short-term lender Black & White Bridging has strengthened its operations with two key...

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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