Bridging

Hope Capital secures new funding line with Shawbrook Bank

Hope Capital has secured a new funding facility delivering up to £25m from Shawbrook...

Funding 365 launches rates from 0.74%

Funding 365 has revamped its product range following the announcement last week that it...

Silbury Finance strengthens senior management team

Silbury Finance, the Oaktree Capital Management-backed residential development lender, has strengthened its senior leadership...

Assetz Capital reappoints relationship director in Scottish team

Assetz Capital has reappointed Geoff O’Brien as relationship director, based in Scotland. O’Brien (pictured, left)...

Fiduciam welcomes new general counsel

Fiduciam has announced the appointment of Borja as General Counsel. De Ramon (pictured) has...

SimplyBiz Mortgages adds MFS to lender panel

SimplyBiz Mortgages has added Market Financial Solutions (MFS) to its lender panel. MFS is...

Funding 365 secures new £200m funding line

Funding 365 has completed an additional £200 million+ funding line with a global investment...

Somo cuts rates across all products

In response to falling inflation rates, Somo Bridging has reduced all rates with immediate...

LendInvest Mortgages launches bridging Black Friday sale

LendInvest Mortgages has launched its inaugural Black Friday sale on its bridging range, offering...

Greenfield Mortgages reduces bridging rates

Greenfield Mortgages has announced a rate reduction for its bridging loans, which now start...

Converting the bridging opportunities

Given the sustained lull in the overall volume of property-related transactions over the course...

Paragon Structured Lending completes £55m in new financing agreements

Paragon Bank’s Structured Lending division has completed £55 million of new finance facilities in...

Former Spring CEO launches new short-term lender

Gavin Diamond has announced the launch of a new specialist short-term lender, Inspired Lending. The...

MHBS expands bridging team

Market Harborough Building Society has added another dedicated underwriter to its bridging finance team...

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...

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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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