Bridging

A specialist approach to bolstering revenue shortfalls

The housing and mortgage markets continue to generate a huge amount of column inches,...

Paragon Bank provides £9.6m for new Buckinghamshire development

Lodge Park has secured a £9.6 million finance facility from Paragon Bank’s Development Finance...

Hampshire Trust Bank finances £800k semi-commercial bridge

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has facilitated a £800k semi-commercial bridging loan which allows the...

Mercantile Trust funds £65k bridge in three days

Mercantile Trust, the specialist bridging and buy-to-let lender, has provided a bridging facility in...

Catalyst appoints new servicing manager

Catalyst, the short-term property finance lender, has announced the appointment of Sophie Rose as...

Castle Trust Bank launches heavy refurbishment bridge with drawdowns

Castle Trust Bank has launched a new heavy refurbishment bridging product, featuring a drawdown...

Clever Lending completes second charge bridge in three days

Clever Lending, the specialist finance packager and master broker, has completed a £24,000 second...

Roma Finance bolsters underwriting team

Roma Finance has expanded its underwriting team following continuing demand for its bridging and...

Aspen completes three 80% LTV cases in a week

Short-term lender Aspen has completed three 80% LTV deals in seven days for a...

MFS appoints General Counsel

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has appointed Ryan Magee as its new General Counsel. ...

HTB completes £3.6m BTL/bridging finance package

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has completed on a £3.6m finance package following an introduction...

HTB promotes Lorenzo Satchell to new role

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of Lorenzo Satchell as sales director...

Alternative Bridging unveils video highlighting service proposition

Specialist lender, Alternative Bridging Corporation, has launched a new video introducing its senior sales...

Saxon Trust secures new £35m funding line

Saxon Trust has significantly expanded its funding capability with a new £35m funding facility...

COMMENT

Rental barometer shows strength, but March changes the tone

Looking at our recently published Q1 2026 Rental Barometer data in isolation, there is clearly a strong and positive story to tell. Average rental...

Home and away: How appetite for UK property is rising

Conflicts in Ukraine and now the Middle East are a reminder that the catastrophic impact of war is not confined to war zones.   The...

Mutual strength and the broker partnership

The mutual sector has always been associated with community purpose, local branches and a member-first approach that feels a little different to the wider...

First-time, accidental or professional? How the landlord profile is shifting in 2026

One of the most common misconceptions that people have about the buy-to-let market is that landlords are a single, uniform group. The reality is...

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Latest news

CII says vulnerability management can help firms grow

The Chartered Insurance Institute has said firms can use stronger vulnerability management to expand...

Royal London wins approval to offer Targeted Support

Royal London has received regulatory approval to provide Targeted Support, becoming one of the...

Together expands second charge range into commercial sector

Together has launched a new suite of commercial and semi-commercial second charge products as...

HTB launches ‘Flow’ range with rates from 5.54%

Hampshire Trust Bank has introduced ‘Flow’ - a new buy-to-let tier with rates starting...

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