Bridging

Suros Capital widens service to business lending

Suros Capital, the luxury asset backed short term lender, will now lend to companies...

OSB Group makes key personnel changes

OSB Group has introduced a new senior sales structure, designed to support its intermediary...

Sharp rise in time and cost of planning permission for SMEs

Research commissioned by the Land, Planning and Development Federation (LPDF) and United Trust Bank...

Roma Finance hires business development manager pair

Roma Finance has appointed Amer Watson and Shahed Popat as business development managers (BDMs). ...

MT Finance adds AVMs to bridging offering

MT Finance has announced its introduction of automated valuation models (AVMs) to its bridging...

Hope Capital improves employee benefit scheme

Hope Capital is investing significantly in its internal wellbeing and benefits scheme, myHOPE. ...

UTB cuts bridging rates and lowers minimum loan size

United Trust Bank (UTB) has made a series of changes and rate reductions of...

Brokers more optimistic about year ahead than 12 months ago

Crystal Specialist Finance has surveyed over 10,000 brokers for the second year running and...

MFS cuts residential bridging and BTL rates

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has cut rates across its residential bridging and buy-to-let mortgage...

Arc & Co arranges £9.5m bridging loan

Real estate finance advisory firm Arc & Co. has arranged a bridging loan of...

Aspen completes £2.8m development exit

Aspen Bridging has completed a £2.8m development exit bridge on a 14-unit development of...

Bridging Finance Solutions outlines growth plans

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has revealed plans to expand by a further 25% in...

Planning and development changes offer new year opportunities

The end of the year is not only a time for reflection, but for...

Black & White Bridging joins ASTL

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

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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Leeds lending falls amid technology investment

Leeds Building Society completed £2bn of gross mortgage lending during the first half of...

Foundation revives buy-to-let products and cuts holiday let rates

Foundation Home Loans has refreshed its buy-to-let mortgage range, bringing back several products, adding...

UK residential property transactions edge higher in June

UK residential property transactions rose modestly in June, suggesting that underlying market activity is...

Buyers turn to 1.5 million homes rejected by mainstream lenders

About 1.5 million homes across Britain may fall outside mainstream mortgage criteria, according to...

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