Bridging

Black & White Bridging joins ASTL

Black & White Bridging has become the latest member to join the Association of...

MFS joins TMA’s lender panel

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has been added to TMA’s lender panel. TMA Club’s directly...

Investec provides £15.6m development loan

Investec Real Estate has provided Moorfield Group, a UK-focused real estate fund manager, with...

Aspen completes on two high-end London property deals

Aspen has completed bridging loans totalling £6,120,000 on two high-end London properties in the...

Brokers more confident about coming year than 12 months ago

Crystal Specialist Finance has revealed how intermediaries view the market in 2024 and what...

Express yourself

Bridging finance has many attractions, but the one which is almost always relevant to...

Clever Lending’s Matthew Dilks wins UTB award

Clever Lending has announced that Matthew Dilks one of its commercial and bridging specialists,...

UTB ups maximum bridging loan LTV

United Trust Bank (UTB) has increased its maximum LTV for first charge Standard bridging...

Redwood Bank appoints CCO

Redwood Bank has bolstered its executive team ahead of proposed reverse takeover. John Eastgate, who...

Alternative Bridging unveils term loan with no ERC

Alternative Bridging Corporation has relaunched its Term Loan, which now features no Early Repayment...

Somo launches #SomoComfort&Joy Christmas campaign

Somo Bridging is delivering a festive campaign of presents and a luxury Michelin starred...

HTB provides complex £12.5m bridge for refinancing

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has provided a £12.5 million bridging loan deal for a...

Assetz Capital commits to further Northern Ireland investment

Assetz Capital has appointed Ciaran McGivern as relationship director for Northern Ireland following growth...

Alternative Bridging promotes Daniel Smith

Alternative Bridging Corporation has announced the promotion of Daniel Smith to role of business...

COMMENT

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...

Latest news

TAB promotes Bonner to chief risk officer

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

Skipton BS lowers residential rates

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

AMI refreshes brand to reflect advice, mortgages and insurance focus

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

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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