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

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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