Bridging

One Mortgage System joins ASTL

One Mortgage System (OMS) has become the latest professional organisation to join the Association...

Paragon provides £5.4m development finance facility

Paragon Bank’s development finance division has provided a £5.4 million finance package for the...

Roma Finance introduces Flow Desk

Roma Finance has launched Flow Desk in response to demand for short term lending. ...

Assetz Capital provides £2.75m dev exit facility

Assetz Capital has reported a recent agreement for a development exit loan in Frome,...

Silbury Finance provides £67m loan for 341-home development

Silbury Finance, the Oaktree Capital Management-backed development lender, has provided a £67 million senior...

InterBay launches Select Partners for bridging

InterBay has launched Select Partners, a new partner proposition which offers exclusive access to...

Brokers become less pessimistic moving into H2

New research from Crystal Specialist Finance has revealed how mortgage brokers viewed the market...

Spring Finance secures third bridging funding line

Spring Finance (Spring) has announced that it has recently completed on a funding line...

ASTL unveils latest associate member

MJ Group has become the latest professional organisation to join the Association of Short...

Alternative Bridging hires underwriting head

Alternative Bridging Corporation has appointed Claire O’Brien as head of underwriting. O’Brien (pictured), who...

Bridging for BTL clients

In the current economic climate of rising interest rates and ongoing uncertainty in the...

Kuflink secures £35m institutional debt funding facility

Kuflink Group and European Risk Capital have jointly announced that Kuflink has entered into...

Paragon funds Horsnall Holdings’ Wharf development

Horsnall Holdings has completed the construction of The Wharf, a 55-unit scheme in Waterside...

Karen Rodrigues joins MFS

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has appointed Karen Rodrigues as its new head of national...

COMMENT

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

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...

Latest news

More than 255,000 homeowners to leave five-year fixes by the end of June

More than 255,000 UK households are due to come off five-year fixed mortgage deals...

The Leeds strengthens intermediary team with senior account manager hire

Leeds Building Society has hired Michelle Ward as corporate account manager, adding more than...

Rising rental yields give landlords a stronger start to 2026, but March volatility clouds outlook

Fleet Mortgages’ latest Rental Barometer shows average yields reached 8.1% in Q1 2026, up...

Mortgage availability rises as lenders cut pricing

Mortgage availability increased in the first quarter of 2026 as lenders loosened supply and...

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