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Development lender reports record month for completions

Iron Bridge Finance has revealed that October 2019 was its most successful month ever...

Connect for Intermediaries adds Hope Capital to bridging panel

Bridging lender Hope Capital has joined Connect for Intermediaries' panel. Hope Capital has been chosen...

Thirdfort software helps Funding 365 save deal

Funding 365 has rescued an unusual commercial bridging deal by employing client onboarding software...

MFS joins Specialist Financial Services’ 2020 roadshows

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has partnered up with lending hub Specialist Financial Services (SFS)...

Blackwell: trade associations can stave off regulation

Former FCA mortgage manager, Lynda Blackwell, told last week's ASTL Annual Conference that trade...

Central Bridging wins business excellence award

Last week Central Bridging, with its close links to India, were among a group...

ASTL sees bridging loan application record

The Association of Short-Term Lenders (ASTL) has reported that bridging loan applications in the...

Aspen Bridging extends 0.45% bridging rate

Aspen Bridging is to continue to offer a starting interest rate of 0.45% up...

InterBay Commercial joins F4B panel

Specialist distributor First 4 Bridging (F4B) has added InterBay Commercial, to its lending panel. F4B’s...

Brightstar keeps Best Companies accreditation

Brightstar Financial has retained its 3 Star Best Companies accreditation for workplace engagement. The accreditation...

Roma Finance provides £716k for re-bridge

Roma Finance has provided 100% funding for a customer to acquire a development site...

PMS and Sesame expand bridging lender panels

PMS Mortgage Club and Sesame Network, part of Sesame Bankhall Group, have added Greenfield...

New CEO of the ASTL appointed

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has revealed that Vic Jannels will become...

Central Bridging’s large loans generating considerable interest

Central Bridging has quoted £75m of loans in just over a week, including a...

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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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LMS becomes affiliate member of the Conveyancing Association

The Conveyancing Association has welcomed LMS as its newest affiliate member, marking a formal...

Molo cuts UK resident buy-to-let rates

Molo has reduced its standard buy-to-let fixed rates for UK resident landlords. The changes mean...

Jitty launches mortgage-linked budget calculator with L&C

Jitty, the AI-driven homebuying platform, has teamed up with L&C Mortgages to launch what...

Pivotal Growth names new group chief executive

Pivotal Growth, the mortgage broker consolidator, has appointed Mayank Prakash CBE as its new...