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New funding lines for Central Bridging

Central Bridging has confirmed access to what it calls new “game changing” funding lines. The...

MT Finance recruits new BDM

MT Finance has appointed Jamie Gillespie as business development manager (BDM) for the Midlands...

Shawbrook refinances nine HMOs in £3.35m deal

Shawbrook Bank and the newest addition to its Strategic Partner panel, Sirius Property Finance,...

Loan book high for Together

Together has reported average monthly loan originations of £171.7m for the final quarter of 2018, up...

The Marsden BS offers bridging alternative

The Marsden Building Society has introduced a new short-term lending solution which offers an...

Octopus Property replaces five bridging products with one rate

Octopus Property has launched a new unregulated bridging product to replace all existing unregulated...

Economic confidence rises amongst bridging lenders

Bridging lenders have become more confident about the long-term economic prospects for the UK,...

Octane Capital appoints finance manager

Jonathan Chai has joined Octane Capital's finance team as finance manager. Chai (pictured) is a fully...

15% growth for bridging market in 2018

Members of the Association of Short-Term Lenders (ASTL) wrote more than £4bn of bridging...

Major new funding line for Market Financial Solutions

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has secured a new funding line from a global investment...

SBG and Twenty7Tec agree technology partnership

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has teamed up with mortgage technology firm Twenty7Tec to provide...

Oblix Capital completes its largest Scottish deal to date

Oblix Capital has completed on a £4.06 million commercial bridge in Edinburgh. The facility was...

CSF hires bridging finance head

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has appointed Harriet Smith as its head of bridging finance. ...

New BDM for bridging lender

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has hired a new business development manager (BSM). The appointment of...

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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...