Bridging

Brickflow partners with Together

Brickflow, a marketplace for commercial property finance, has announced a key partnership with Together,...

MFS widens title insurance coverage to £3m

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) is opening up the use of title insurance across its...

Colenko launches free valuations and legals promotion

Colenko has launched its Euro Fever promotion, which includes a Euro-themed perk for brokers. The...

Black & White Bridging expands relationship team

Black & White Bridging has appointed Greg Applewhaite as its relationship manager for the...

Paragon Bank launches refurb-to-let offering

Paragon Bank has launched a new refurb-to-let proposition for landlords seeking funds to upgrade...

Hilco Real Estate Finance joins ASTL

Hilco Real Estate Finance (HREF) has become the latest lender member to join the...

Shawbrook unveils three development finance hires

Shawbrook has bolstered its development finance team with three new appointments. The lender has appointed...

JMT Finance completes rapid exit facility

JMT Finance, the commercial property lender, has completed an exit facility for a project...

MFS cuts rates and unveils Bridge Fusion

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has launched a new ‘Bridge Fusion’ product, a hybrid of...

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...

COMMENT

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Why you need to know what sits behind the average review score

There’s a funny thing about review scores. The better they are, the less likely we are to question them. If a company is sitting at...

The new Chancellor wants to remove barriers to growth; he should start with housing

There was probably a degree of unintended irony in the Treasury choosing to call the Chancellor, John Healey’s, first major market ‘intervention’ his ‘Growth...

Brokers are losing the attention battle 1,000 to 3

Take a client you placed on a 5-year fix last year. Over the life of that deal, their bank is now planning to contact...

Latest news

Prime London prices fall 7% as buyers hold back

Prime London house prices fell by 7% year-on-year in August as uncertainty over borrowing...

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help...

UK rate hike risk grows after Fed raises rates

The prospect of UK interest rates rising again is moving back onto the agenda...

Novus launches mortgage simulator to tackle completion delays

Novus Strategy has launched a mortgage journey simulator designed to allow lenders to test...

PROFILES