Bridging

MCR Property Group secures £48m refinance

MCR Property Group, a real estate investment and development company, has secured a £48...

Castle Trust Bank cuts term rate and revises bridging offering

Castle Trust Bank has lowered the five-year fixed rate on its TermTen range from...

Suros Capital helps solicitor buy into law practice

Suros Capital, the short term luxury asset lender, has agreed a £100,000 loan for...

Mint Property Finance expands underwriting team

Mint Property Finance has welcomed two new team members to its underwriting department. The first...

Shawbrook provides bespoke funding for Essex housing developments

3A Projects Ltd, a property development company, has received bespoke financial support from Shawbrook...

Q2 drop in bridging loan demand

Latest Bridging Trends research has revealed that consumer caution in taking on unnecessary debt...

HTB appoints new BDM for bridging

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of Ross Sheppard as business development...

Aspen completes £2m finish & exit deal in under three weeks

Bridging lender, Aspen, has revealed that an experienced developer is utilising a £2m, 80%...

Signature returns to its Welsh roots

Signature Property Finance has returned to its roots, with new offices in Nantgarw, Cardiff,...

ASTL: bridging loans books at all-time high

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has reported that its members' bridging loan...

FIBA expands lender panel

The Financial Intermediary and Broker Association (FIBA) has announced the addition of Onyx Money...

MFS extends bridging rate freeze to Q4

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has extended the freeze on its bridging rates until October,...

HTB appoints business development director for bridging

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced an internal promotion from its specialist mortgage team...

West One hails July as record month for originations

West One Loans has reported a record month for originations in July. The specialist lender...

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...

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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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