Bridging

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...

Inspired Lending supports portfolio restructure with £2.1m bridging loan

Inspired Lending has completed a £2.1 million bridging facility to allow the consolidation of...

AI tool from REalyse promises to streamline property search and valuation for brokers

Mortgage brokers across the UK will soon have a powerful new tool in their...

HTB appoints Philip Gould as credit operations director

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has appointed Philip Gould as credit operations director. Gould (main picture)...

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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