Bridging

MBE London and FIBA Summit programmes published

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) has issued the programme for this year’s MBE London event. The...

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. ...
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COMMENT

Stamp Duty

Cutting stamp duty will make the housing crisis worse

Every time the housing market stalls the same thing happens and people call for stimulus, this time: abolish stamp duty. The logic feels intuitive -...

The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

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Appointments

TAB promotes Bonner to chief risk officer

Specialist lender TAB has appointed Jack Bonner as chief risk officer as it continues...
Building Societies

Skipton BS lowers residential rates

Skipton Building Society is reducing rates across parts of its residential mortgage range from...
News

AMI refreshes brand to reflect advice, mortgages and insurance focus

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries has launched a brand refresh intended to reflect its...
News

IMLA guide explains why fixed mortgage rates can rise before Bank Rate moves

IMLA has published a report and five-minute guide to help advisers explain how swap...

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