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Signature Property Finance added to Complete FS panel

Short-term finance provider, Signature Property Finance, has been appointed to the panel of Complete...

Nick Jones joins Roma Finance as commercial director

Roma Finance has announced the appointment of Nick Jones to its board as commercial...

Hope Capital sees June enquiry spike

Hope Capital has reported a stronger June performance than for the same month in...

BFS supports online property auction purchases

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) is supporting the auction property markets move online, as the...

Roma Finance unveils new bridging deals at 70% LTV

Roma Finance has launched new bridging products at 70% loan to value (LTV) and...

Castle Trust launches ‘Covid-19 level 3’ criteria

Castle Trust Bank has introduced new criteria which is says is in response to...

Roma Finance expands management team

Roma Finance has appointed Deborah Chaplain to the new position of head of customer...

Octane completes bridge-to-let in nine days

Octane Capital has completed a £2.6m bridge-to-let loan in nine days to a client...

ASTL introduces member newsletter

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has published its first member newsletter to...

Trio of promotions at Octane Capital

Octane Capital has promoted three of its senior team. Liam Lawlor has been promoted from...

First 4 Bridging adds Hampshire Trust Bank to panel

First 4 Bridging (F4B) has announced the addition of Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) to...

Hope Capital broadens acceptable valuation type

Hope Capital will now allow a range of valuation types. Having previously required a full...

LendInvest expands distribution with Sesame/PMS deal

LendInvest has joined Sesame and PMS’s lender panel. The network and mortgage club’s member firms...

Avamore completes double deal for broker and borrower

Bridging lender Avamore has completed two bridging loans in North London, totalling £690,068, with...

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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...

Tuning into later life lending conversations

There are certain conversations in our profession that can genuinely change the course of a client’s life. Later life lending sits firmly in that...

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Homes priced too high take twice as long to sell

Homes listed above market value take more than twice as long to sell, Zoopla...

Assetz Capital cuts refurb and dev exit loan rates

Assetz Capital has repriced its refurbishment, regeneration and development exit loans, with all borrower...

London Credit strengthens Midlands presence with new BDM hire

London Credit has expanded its regional footprint with the appointment of Sophie Jones-Trutwein as...

Keystone joins LMS Panel Link to widen conveyancing access

Keystone Property Finance has become the latest lender to adopt LMS’s Panel Link and...