Refurbishment

Masthaven streamlines bridging range

Masthaven Finance has announced a sweeping overhaul of its unregulated bridging loan proposition, including...

Catalyst names joint CFO and COO

Specialist lender Catalyst Property Finance has announced the appointment of Becky Harris to a...

Bluecroft Finance joins growing ranks of BDLA lender members

Bluecroft Finance has become the latest lender to join the Bridging & Development Lenders...

Inspired Lending cuts bridging loan rates to 0.89%

Bridging lender Inspired Lending has reduced rates across its product range, with new pricing...

Inspired Lending backs complex South Yorkshire refurb with £1.1m bridging facility

Inspired Lending has completed a £1.1 million bridging loan to fund the acquisition and...

Hope Capital cuts fast-track bridging rates to 0.85%

Hope Capital has reduced its rate for residential fast-track bridging loans to 0.85% per...

HTB trims bridging rates by 10bps

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced a 10 basis point cut across its full...

Bridging finance proves more resilient than buy-to-let in high-rate environment

Bridging finance has shown greater resilience than buy-to-let (BTL) mortgages amid elevated interest rates,...

LHV Bank delivers £10.92m facility to fund off-market office acquisition near Birmingham

LHV Bank has completed a £10.92 million facility to support the strategic acquisition of...

Aspen provides £855k multi-use refurb loan for overseas developer

Aspen Bridging has delivered an £855,000 multi-use refurbishment facility to a foreign developer completing...

HTB enhances heavy refurbishment offering with increased flexibility

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has introduced improvements to its heavy refurbishment bridging product, in...

Heavy refurbishment: structuring finance for complex property upgrades

Investors are rethinking their approach to property - heavy refurbishment is no longer just...

UTB Bridging provides £1.2m heavy refurb loan

United Trust Bank (UTB) Bridging has completed a £1.2 million heavy refurbishment loan to...

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Don’t build in fear – quality must come before quotas

“This is my message to housebuilders: get on with it. If you promise homes, you have to build them.” - Prime Minister Keir Starmer, 25...

AI won’t replace mortgage brokers – but those who don’t adapt could be left behind, say industry leaders

Artificial intelligence is set to transform the mortgage industry but it won’t replace the role of the broker, according to a panel of sector...

Why the mortgage industry must digitise for the customer, not just for compliance

Home buyers today can manage their finances, verify their ID and even order a sofa for next-day delivery all from their phones. Yet when...

The BBC’s exposé isn’t news to mortgage advisers – but it might be to the public

Let’s be honest, for mortgage advisers, the recent Panorama investigation into conditional selling by estate agents wasn’t so much a revelation as it was...

Rachel Reeves rolls back mortgage rules: return to risk or reasonable reform?

Rachel Reeves is to roll back bureaucratic red tape introduced since the 2008 financial crash to allow people to borrow more for mortgages. Under the...

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Over 1,000 advisers join Simplybiz session on FCA’s S165 request

More than 1,000 financial advisers attended a live event hosted by Simplybiz earlier this...

Smart Money People relaunches mortgage research for vulnerable customers

Smart Money People has relaunched its vulnerability-focused research into the UK mortgage market, expanding...

Vida cuts rates and broadens criteria in specialist push

Specialist lender Vida has announced a series of sweeping changes across its buy-to-let and...

KSEYE adds automated valuations to improve bridging turnaround times

Specialist lender KSEYE has introduced automated valuations on certain bridging loans, in order to...