Bridging

Alternative Bridging Corporation appoints new case manager

Alternative Bridging Corporation has appointed Sirui Liao as a new case manager. Sirui Liao joins...

UTB makes trio of property development appointments

United Trust Bank (UTB) has announced three new appointments in its property development team. The...

Assetz Capital appoints development finance relationship director

Assetz Capital has announced that Mark Roberts has joined the business to lead the...

KSEYE completes £14m dev exit loan

KSEYE has completed a £14.25m development exit loan at 75% LTV. The loan, introduced by...

Shawbrook provides £263k bridge in four days

Shawbrook has delivered a £263,000 bridging loan to experienced customer in four days. Milliard Homes,...

Norton Broker Services completes £1.55m bridge

Norton Broker Services has recently secured a bridging loan worth £1,559,000 with Funding 365...

Hope Capital unveils new ‘finish & exit’ proposition

Hope Capital has made major changes to its residential finish & exit offering, which...

Record quarter for Roma Finance

Roma Finance has reported a record quarter with three back-to-back record months on completions....

Alternative Bridging provides rapid light refurb loan

Alternative Bridging Corporation has financed a £560,000 light refurbishment loan for a property owner...

Aspen provides £4m refurb bridge

Aspen was chosen over a competitor for a £4 million refurbishment bridge for an...

LendInvest Mortgages launches dual representation for bridging 

LendInvest Mortgages has introduced dual representation across its whole range of bridging products. It offers...

Aria Finance reports record month in June

Specialist finance broker Aria Finance achieved a record month of completions in June. The firm...

Tuscan Capital completes £2.1m mid-term loan

Tuscan Capital has announced the completion of a £2.1 million mid-term loan for two...

Assetz Capital completes two deals worth £12m

Assetz Capital has announced the recent completion of two deals: one in Glasgow and...

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,...

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Homeowners delay energy upgrades amid confusion over EPC ratings

More than two-fifths of UK homeowners have delayed or are considering delaying energy-efficiency improvements,...

Lengthy completions put mortgage offers under pressure

Homebuyers face an average five-month wait between agreeing a sale and completing, increasing the...

Insured expats still face barriers to healthcare

More than half of insured expatriates have delayed or gone without necessary healthcare because...

Mortgage lending rebounds but book growth lags

UK mortgage gross lending increased by more than a fifth during 2025, although substantially...

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