Bridging

HTB appoints new development finance lending director

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of Jessica Winstone-Adair as lending director...

Orbis Protect joins ASTL

Orbis Protect, a provider of vacant property, asset security and people protection services, has...

Hope Capital unveils new auction proposition

Hope Capital has unveiled a new offer designed for auction purchases. The lender is reducing...

Hope Capital simplifies product proposition

Short-term lender, Hope Capital, has streamlined its proposition to make it easier for brokers...

Somo becomes NACFB patron

Somo Bridging has become a patron lender of the National Association of Commercial Finance...

UTB makes two bridging servicing appointments

United Trust Bank (UTB) has made two new appointments in its bridging servicing team. Adetayo...

Shawbrook provides fast £80k bridging refinance

Shawbrook has provided an unregulated bridging loan to support a client seeking to raise...

Envelop reports longer-term specialist business uplift from rebrand

Envelop has reported a "substantial" uplift in the amount of longer-term specialist business written...

Sarah Dix joins HTB as development finance lending director

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of Sarah Dix as lending director within...

Black & White Bridging appoints director of business development

Black & White Bridging has announced the appointment of bridging professional, Danny Power, as...

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...

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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Bank Rate held at 3.75% as energy shock raises prospect of future increase

The Bank of England has kept Bank Rate at 3.75%, but warned that persistent...

Family BS names Seb Mrotzek as first chief operating officer

Family Building Society has appointed Seb Mrotzek as chief operating officer, creating the role...

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...

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