Bridging

Clever Lending completes 85% refurb loan for auction purchase

Clever Lending has recently secured an 85% loan to value (LTV) bridging facility worth...

HTB completes first Sirius bridging case in three weeks

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has provided the funding for the refinancing of a semi-commercial...

Roma Finance appoints data & technology director

Roma Finance has announced the appointment of Nathan Kenny to the position of data...

Tuscan Capital reveals turnaround and completion benefits from Fast Track

Tuscan Capital has outlined the benefits of its Fast Track process on the one-year...

Mint Property Finance makes bridging underwriter appointment

Mint Property Finance has welcomed Hannah Lamb to the business as a bridging underwriter. Joining...

Aspen completes 80% LTV refurb bridge

Aspen Bridging has completed its first case at the reintroduced 80% LTV on its...

Develop North secures £6.5m Shawbrook debt facility

Develop North, a North East based investment fund providing loans to property developers in...

Mint Property Finance makes senior BDM appointment

Mint Property Finance has expanded its sales team with the appointment of Simon Micklethwaite...

MFS secures £400m funding line

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has secured £400 million of new institutional funding. The new...

Shawbrook funds purpose-built student accommodation in Durham

Three Tuns Development, a joint venture between two professional property developers Simon Williams and...

Paula Purdy joins United Trust Bank

United Trust Bank (UTB) has appointed Paula Purdy as head of sales for bridging...

Glenhawk launches further free valuation promotion

Glenhawk has revealed its latest free valuation promotion, aimed at reducing up-front funding costs...

MFS to freeze all bridging rates until end of July

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has committed to freezing its bridging rates despite the Bank...

Spring Finance completes £835k re-bridge in under two weeks

Spring Finance and Newable Commercial Finance have completed an £835,000 regulated re-bridge which completed...

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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