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Spring Finance completes first bridging loan

Spring Finance has successfully completed its first bridging loan. Following Spring’s recent pilot launch this...

Bridging Finance Solutions appoints BDM

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has added property lending and risk specialist Phil Wragg to...

LendInvest adds new products to bridging proposition 

LendInvest has launched a new refurbishment product, as the lender has reported an increase...

Sancus appoints business development manager

Sancus has appointed Clare Cuff as business development manager (BDM). She joins the London-based company...

Aspen completes £5.2m heavy works bridge-to-let deal

Aspen Bridging has completed a £5.2m Heavy Works bridge-to-let at 75%, inclusive of 100%...

Recognise Bank promotes Meigh to director role

James Meigh has been appointed by Recognise Bank as its director, business development. Meigh (pictured) was...

Kuflink helps landlord with five-day bridging completion

Kuflink has helped a landlord client to refinance a property from its existing short-term...

Bridging Trends see quarterly rise in gross lending

The latest Bridging Trends data has shown that gross bridging lending from the contributors hit...

TAB launches tracker bridging loan

TAB has introduced a tracker bridging loan to sit alongside its traditional, fixed-rate, short-term loans. The...

Lack of bridging knowledge not denting willingness to provide advice

83% of brokers offer bridging finance to their clients, even though only 67% claim...

Alternative Bridging makes junior marketing hire

Alternative Bridging Corporation has expanded its marketing team with the appointment of a new...

Together reveals record bridging lending

Together has provided more than £103m in short-term commercial finance in a single month. The...

Aspen appoints graduates into underwriter roles

Aspen Bridging has appointed Richard Tweddle and Sinead McMurray as underwriters via its graduate...

Bridging “a lottery for brokers and clients”

Black & White Bridging has said that brokers should be able to demand certainty...
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Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage advisers, brokers, and, increasingly, customers directly. One thing comes up time...

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

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