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Hope Capital unveils apprenticeship programme

Bridging lender Hope Capital has launched an apprenticeship scheme and taken on two new...

Enterprise Finance adds Roma Finance to panel

Enterprise Finance has added bridging, development and buy-to-let lender Roma Finance to its panel. ...

Tuscan Capital increases maximum LTVs

Tuscan Capital has introduced a new range of bridging products which restore maximum LTVs...

Criteria searches show effects of Covid-19

Knowledge Bank saw ‘Temporary Maximum LTV Restrictions’ as the leading broker search last month;...

Greenfield and Positive complete fast regulated bridge

Greenfield Mortgages has recently completed a regulated bridging loan in a tight timeframe. Nick Webb,...

Record month for Roma

Roma Finance has reported a record number of loans completed in August, with a...

New associate for the ASTL

Nivo has become the latest firm to join the Association of Short Term Lenders...

Hope Capital unveils two new bridging deals

Hope Capital has launched the 'Seventies Collection', which consists of two new bridging loan...

ASTL reveals conference guest speaker

Charles McDowell, managing director at Hampshire Trust Bank will speak in the guest slot...

NW bridger creates London presence

Kenton Finance has announced a move into London. The expansion will see the North-West...

Loans Warehouse gains regulated bridging authorisation

Loans Warehouse has received full authorisation from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to conduct...

Sharp H1 fall in bridging loan transactions

Bridging loan volumes declined by £167.88m to £202.26m in the six months to the...

Aspen’s desktop valuation saves development exit

Aspen Bridging has completed a £150,000 development exit bridging loan on a remote property...

Brightstar launches Track & Trace system

The Brightstar Group has introduced its own Track & Trace system which, alongside the...

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HMOs: market realities, future prospects, and the broker opportunity

The HMO sector remains one of the most dynamic parts of the private rented market, with recent data showing it’s both a significant asset...

Bridging the Pond: How large is the US bridging finance market, and compared to the UK?

When we first got started with LendInvest in the UK, post the financial crisis, bridging finance was a much more nascent product than it...

Passing the affordability exam

As teachers and students of various ages have spent August nervously opening exam results following years of study that will determine their ability to...

Investors are changing their approach – and lenders should too

The buy-to-let market never stands still, but the pace of change in recent years has been remarkable. The days of the so-called ‘accidental landlord’,...

Leasehold fees, specialists and the need to shop around

Leasehold properties account for around 20% of all dwellings in the UK, and while that figure may change in the future with government legislation...

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Virgin Money and Clydesdale Bank cut product transfer window to four months

Virgin Money and Clydesdale Bank are reducing the length of time customers can apply...

The Leeds cuts mortgage rates and lowers barriers for first-time buyers

Leeds Building Society has announced a raft of mortgage rate reductions of up to...

Accord widens access for those on Universal Credit and without indefinite leave to remain

Accord Mortgages has relaxed key elements of its lending criteria in a move it...

Vulnerable equity release customers still overlooked, warns ERG

The Equity Release Group (ERG) has warned that the financial advice industry is failing...