Bridging

TAB becomes NACFB patron

Specialist lender TAB has become the latest patron of the National Association of Commercial...

Aspen completes complex £1.1m bridge

Aspen Bridging has completed a 73% LTV, £1.1m No Valuation facility in just over...

JMT Finance unveils bridging finance proposition

JMT Finance has extended its lending proposition into the bridging finance sector. The privately...

CapitalRise structures £5m loan for Wentworth Estate development

Prime property specialist finance company CapitalRise has announced the funding of a £5m loan...

Colenko joins ASTL

Colenko has become the latest lender member to join the Association of Short-Term Lenders...

Don’t overlook the strengths of the regulated bridging loan

There’s no denying the success of the bridging sector over recent years. It has...

UTB funds £24m Oblix Living Build to Rent scheme

United Trust Bank (UTB) is providing £15.3m of funding to growing Build to Rent...

Catalyst completes bridging loan in three hours

Catalyst has announced its fastest ever completion of a bridging loan in three hours. ...

Clever Lending packages complex auction purchase and renovation

Clever Lending has recently packaged a £146,900 regulated bridging facility for a broker’s client...

Hampshire Trust Bank appoints another dev finance lending manager

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of Russell Higgins as lending manager...

Somo joins finova lending panel

Specialist lending firm, Somo, has joined the lending panel of finova. Somo has become one...

Aspen reintroduces 80% LTV and raises Bridge to Let loan size

Aspen Bridging has launched its Summer 2023 Rates & Product Card with rates lowered...

Gavin Diamond to leave Spring Finance this week

Spring Finance has confirmed that its CEO, Gavin Diamond, is to leave the business. His...

HTB appoints development finance lending manager

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of Harry Bhogal as lending manager...

COMMENT

Mortgage maturity: A golden opportunity for advisers

Around 1.8 million fixed-rate mortgage deals are due to come to an end in 2026, adding to the 1.6 million mortgages that already matured...

Rates are moving and regulation is evolving

Many lenders are having to increase their rates, and that trend looks set to continue over the coming week. For clients whose current deal...

Building tomorrow’s mortgage market: AI built on trust, governance and confidence

The government's Financial Services AI Adoption Plan, led by Harriet Rees, group chief information officer at Starling Bank, and Dr Rohit Dhawan, group director...

The protection prompt: what AI still needs to get right

The Mills Review has prompted plenty of discussion across the mortgage industry. While much of the focus has been on the finding that a...

Why second charges are helping Right to Buy borrowers do more with their home

For many people, Right to Buy is still one of the most accessible ways to become a homeowner and over the last five years,...

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Leeds lending falls amid technology investment

Leeds Building Society completed £2bn of gross mortgage lending during the first half of...

Foundation revives buy-to-let products and cuts holiday let rates

Foundation Home Loans has refreshed its buy-to-let mortgage range, bringing back several products, adding...

UK residential property transactions edge higher in June

UK residential property transactions rose modestly in June, suggesting that underlying market activity is...

Buyers turn to 1.5 million homes rejected by mainstream lenders

About 1.5 million homes across Britain may fall outside mainstream mortgage criteria, according to...

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