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Connect for Intermediaries to hold more training academies

Connect for Intermediaries has planned seven extra training academies this year following demand after...

Four-day completion for £4.5m MFS bridge

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has completed a £4.5 million bridging loan within four days. The...

MT Finance to sell £100m of bridging loans

MT Finance has entered into an agreement with a global institutional investment manager with...

Fiduciam becomes FIBA lender partner

Short to medium term lender Fiduciam has become the latest lender partner of FIBA. Fiduciam...

Aspen Bridging ups max loan sizes

Aspen Bridging has increased its maximum loan sizes up to £4m net for portfolios...

MFS expands BDM team

Bridging lender Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has appointed Samantha Graydon as its latest business...

Bridging lender reveals service excellence targets

Aspen Bridging has published its time-based service excellence targets, with an aim to take...

Shawbrook upgrades online application platform

Shawbrook Bank has launched a upgrade to its E-AIP platform with the inclusion of...

Funding 365 completes £2.7m bridge in 3 days

Funding 365 and Adapt Finance have this week completed a bridging loan in three...

Brokers expect bridging lender growth in 2019

United Trust Bank has reported that the majority of brokers it recently surveyed think...

Connect for Intermediaries unveils its first academy

Connect for Intermediaries is holding its first academy for trainee mortgage brokers this week. It...

Octane Capital provides £4.3m bridge

Octane Capital has provided a £4.3m bridging loan to a landlord requiring business funding. The...

UTB grows loan book by 20%

United Trust Bank (UTB) has reported that its loan book grew by 20.0% to...

Aspen makes winter promo permanent

Aspen Bridging has adopted its promotional ‘winter offer’ as its main ongoing product card. ...

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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...

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...

Economic uncertainty weighing on business borrowers

Taken as a whole, Atom bank’s SME Pulse for Q2 shows the current robust health of demand in the commercial market. Around 95% of the...

Right of Light risks: a looming shadow over construction projects

Gone are the days when a Right of Light infringement could be swiftly dealt with by simply taking out an indemnity insurance policy. Specialists used...

Could a move to ‘enhanced advice’ also mean mandatory protection conversations?

The FCA’s recent Mortgage Market Discussion Paper (DP25/2) has got the industry talking about ‘enhanced advice’ – an idea that certain customers, such as...

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Aldermore unveils new limited edition five-year BTL products

Aldermore has launched a pair of limited edition five-year buy-to-let mortgages for landlords, with...

AMI calls on advisers to take part in protection survey

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has launched its annual survey of mortgage and...

Broker confidence holds steady as mortgage market cools

Confidence among mortgage brokers held firm in the second quarter of the year despite...

The Suffolk cuts expat mortgage rates amid rising demand

Suffolk Building Society has cut rates across its expat mortgage range, with reductions of...