Bridging

HREF provides £5.4m North West office development loan

Specialist bridging lender Hilco Real Estate Finance (HREF) has completed a £5.4m loan secured...

Bridging loan books reach £8bn

The value of bridging loan books reached another record high in the first three...

Rise in business demand for bridging finance

Bridging Trends contributors have reported £196.2 million in bridging loan transactions during the first...

Developers want FTB support from next government

86% of developers believe that the next government needs to do more to support...

Aspen provides £1.1m bridge to free up developer capital

Aspen has completed a £1.1m residential bridging loan for a Nigerian national property developer...

Signature Property Finance appoints commercial director

Signature Property Finance has appointed Michael Clifford as its first commercial director. Clifford (pictured) joins...

Saxon Trust completes £768k development deal

Saxon Trust has recently completed a £768,231 ground-up development loan secured on a site...

Alternative Bridging hires new internal BDM

Alternative Bridging Corporation has appointed a new internal business development manager (IBDM) within its...

Tuscan Capital completes £1.765m dev exit facility

Tuscan Capital has completed a £1.765 million development exit facility for a Grade II-listed...

Castle Trust Bank unveils special edition bridging rates

Castle Trust Bank has introduced new special edition rates on its Light and Heavy...

Hope Capital revamps refurb offering

Hope Capital has made rate reductions within its residential medium refurbishment offering. Its residential medium...

Somo appoints pair of relationship executives

Somo Bridging has appointed Daniella Edwards-Davies and Fran Calow as relationship executives to support...

Alternative Bridging partners with children’s charity

Specialist property lender Alternative Bridging Corporation has partnered with the charity Spread a Smile. ...

Local knowledge crucial to delivering for brokers across the country

One particularly encouraging aspect to the market at the moment is the appetite to...

COMMENT

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...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Latest news

The Vernon hires internal BDM to expand intermediary reach

Vernon Building Society has appointed Damien Sabbaghe as intermediary business development manager as it...

Coventry trims first-time buyer and limited company buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has cut selected mortgage rates for first-time buyers and limited company...

TRM adds to PMI team with supervision & development manager hire

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has appointed Gemma Penkethman as PMI supervision &...

Rental yields rise across England and Wales as buy-to-let market enters more volatile period

Rental yields increased annually in every region of England and Wales in the first...

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