Bridging

Brokers more confident about coming year than 12 months ago

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

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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...

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)...

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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

Two-thirds of older borrowers assume lenders impose age limits

Almost two-thirds of brokers believe older borrowers still assume all mortgage lenders impose age...

Monmouthshire joins Paradigm lender panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added Monmouthshire Building Society to its lender panel, giving member...

Rosemount to hold 2027 annual conference at Emirates Stadium

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) will stage its 2027 Annual Conference at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium...

Together loan book hits record £8.5bn as annual profit reaches £223m

Together has reported underlying profit before tax of £222.5m for the year to 30...

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