Bridging

2025 forecast for the bridging market

As we move into 2025, the bridging finance sector continues to prove its value...

Hope Capital expands Shawbrook funding facility

Hope Capital has secured additional funding from Shawbrook Bank, which is reveals is in...

£725k raised for children with cancer at industry event

The recent Children with Cancer UK’s Gala Dinner, which was sponsored by Market Financial...

Our journey in 2024’s bridging market

As we close the chapter on 2024, the UK bridging finance sector has demonstrated...

Funding 365 reveals new head of relationship management

Funding 365 has announced the promotion of Allegra Sykes to head of relationship management. Sykes...

HTB appoints bridging BDM for Anglia and Midlands

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has bolstered its bridging team with the appointment of Daniel...

Keep the dream alive with bridging

The bridging market continues to deliver on helping clients achieve their goals in the...

Private equity firm takes minority stake in United Trust Bank

United Trust Bank (UTB) has revealed that an agreement has been reached between its...

Aspen provides £1m no valuation bridging loan

Aspen has completed a £1.14m 'no valuation' bridging loan in three weeks on a...

BFS celebrates most successful year to date

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has ended 2024 as its strongest year to date in...

Norton Broker Services secures £342,000 re-bridge

Norton Broker Services, a specialist finance packager and master broker, has completed a re-bridging...

Bridging finance poised for growth amid stamp duty changes

One of the main headlines which emerged from the recent Budget is the impact...

StreamBank delivers £225k bridging loan in Scotland

StreamBank has completed its fastest case in Scotland to date. It delivered a £225K regulated...

Black & White Bridging reaches 1,000 new home milestone

Black & White Bridging has calculated that it has supported the creation of 1,000...

COMMENT

Rental barometer shows strength, but March changes the tone

Looking at our recently published Q1 2026 Rental Barometer data in isolation, there is clearly a strong and positive story to tell. Average rental...

Home and away: How appetite for UK property is rising

Conflicts in Ukraine and now the Middle East are a reminder that the catastrophic impact of war is not confined to war zones.   The...

Mutual strength and the broker partnership

The mutual sector has always been associated with community purpose, local branches and a member-first approach that feels a little different to the wider...

First-time, accidental or professional? How the landlord profile is shifting in 2026

One of the most common misconceptions that people have about the buy-to-let market is that landlords are a single, uniform group. The reality is...

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Latest news

CII says vulnerability management can help firms grow

The Chartered Insurance Institute has said firms can use stronger vulnerability management to expand...

Royal London wins approval to offer Targeted Support

Royal London has received regulatory approval to provide Targeted Support, becoming one of the...

Together expands second charge range into commercial sector

Together has launched a new suite of commercial and semi-commercial second charge products as...

HTB launches ‘Flow’ range with rates from 5.54%

Hampshire Trust Bank has introduced ‘Flow’ - a new buy-to-let tier with rates starting...

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