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

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...

Latest news

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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