Bridging

Three new hires at Somo Bridging

Specialist lender, Somo Bridging, has expanded its team with the appointment of a new...

HTB to hold development finance broker masterclass

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) is to hold a development finance event for brokers on...

Colenko extends ‘triple lock’ rate guarantee

Bridging and development finance lender, Colenko, has extended its Triple Lock guarantee across all...

Atelier partners with HubSpot over customer experience

Development lender Atelier has teamed up with the global software provider HubSpot to create...

Paragon funds £7.4m Bristol dev finance deal

Paragon Bank’s development finance division has provided a £7.4m finance package to support the...

First CPSP candidates complete training programme

The Certified Practitioner in Specialist Property Finance (CPSP) programme, launched as a joint initiative...

Hope Capital raises over £6k for North West Cancer Research

Hope Capital has revealed that it has raised over £6,000 for North West Cancer...

Alternative Bridging Corporation appoints new BDM

Alternative Bridging Corporation has added its sales team for the North of England and...

Three hires and three promotions at Aspen Bridging

Aspen Bridging has appointing three new graduate underwriters and promoting a further three staff...

Assetz Capital finances Bedfordshire barn conversion

Assetz Capital has announced a development exit deal in partnership with Healdan, a property...

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...

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...

Latest news

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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