Bridging

ASTL reports bridging loan book high

Bridging loan books reached a new record high in third quarter of 2023, according...

West One Loans completes its largest ever development finance transaction

West One Loans has completed on a £31.2 million development finance facility, the largest...

Hope Capital cuts rates after best ever quarter

Hope Capital has revealed that Q3 was its most successful quarter to date since...

JMW Solicitors joins ASTL

JMW Solicitors has become the latest organisation to join the Association of Short Term...

Octane Capital promotes credit team quartet

Octane Capital has announced the promotion of four members of its credit team. Rick Hollingsworth,...

Paragon adds Build-to-Rent to development finance offering

Paragon Bank’s development finance division will now provide finance of up to £35 million...

Investec provides £12m loan for modular PBSA development

Investec Real Estate has provided Stelling Properties Group with an £11.85 million loan to...

Somo’s Black Friday campaign reduces valuation costs by 90%

Somo Bridging has provided details of its Black Friday 2023 event, which gives borrowers...

Gateway Surveyors reappointed as Fleet Mortgages’ panel manager

Gateway Surveyors has been reappointed as the panel manager for Fleet Mortgages, following its...

Suros Capital uses past valuation for fast follow-on loan

Suros Capital, the luxury asset-backed short-term lender, has completed a follow on loan of...

Kuflink joins Dynamo for Intermediaries panel

Kuflink has become the latest lender to join Dynamo for Intermediaries’ lender panel. All...

MT Finance Group secures additional £500m funding

MT Finance Group has completed additional financing through J.P. Morgan to expand its lending...

Clever Lending completes regulated bridging loan in Scotland

Clever Lending has packaged a £180,800 regulated bridging facility for a residential property purchase...

MHBS unveils fixed rate bridging deals

Specialist lender Market Harborough Building Society (MHBS) has introduced a series of new products...

COMMENT

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...

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FLA calls for FCA regulation of litigation funders

The Finance & Leasing Association has called for commercial litigation funders to be brought...

National Friendly adds three senior hires

National Friendly has made three appointments across its marketing, actuarial and business development teams...

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...

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