Specialist

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...

2020 confidence grows among bridging lenders

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has revealed that bridging lenders have grown...

Best ever month for Fiduciam

Fiduciam granted £43.5 million of new loans in October. This meant it was the best...

Wasserman leaves Enra Group

Enra Group, West One’s parent company, has announced that Stephen Wasserman has stepped down...

Expectation of London property price stability

Bridging & Development Lender Affirmative has released its Mortgage & Market Overview report with...

Ingard expands bridging distribution

Bridging lender  Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has been added to Ingard Financial’s intermediary distribution panel....

Octane Capital steps in to provide bridge after lender pulls out

Octane Capital has provided a £250,000 bridge to a client of Bournemouth-based ADD Capital...

Most popular uses for bridging loans in Q3 revealed

The latest Bridging Trends report, which covers the third quarter of 2019, has found...

Hope Capital doubles maximum lending term

Hope Capital has extended its lending to 24 months. Until now Hope Capital’s maximum lending...

COMMENT

ABS 2026 review: Economic factors stemming growth

As the Global ABS conference ended there was no doubt that it was a huge success, with official numbers being confirmed at 5,500 attendees,...

Government support is fundamental to market growth

We’ve seen another week of mainstream lenders reduce their rates with more reductions predicted this coming week. This shows more comfort and confidence around...

Bridging is a natural fit for a Shariah-compliant bridging provider

The UK bridging market is, in many ways, a natural fit for Shariah-compliant finance because both are fundamentally built around real assets, partnership structures...

Why relationships are becoming the mortgage industry’s most valuable asset

Information has never been more accessible, yet confidence in financial services remains relatively low. As technology continues to reshape the market, the value of...

Before brokers invest in AI, they need to ask the right questions

AI has moved quickly from industry talking point to commercial priority. For mortgage brokers, the question is no longer whether AI matters. It is...

Latest news

Atom bank cuts Prime mortgage rates by 15bps across full range

Atom bank has reduced rates across its Prime mortgage range by 15bps, with changes...

The Dudley cuts rates across residential, buy-to-let and expat ranges

Dudley Building Society has reduced rates across its residential, buy-to-let and expat mortgage products,...

Stamp Duty burden soars as tax threshold remains frozen at 2006 level

The Stamp Duty threshold at which homebuyers begin paying tax has remained unchanged since...

Gatehouse launches limited-edition HPPs and cuts selected BTL rates

Gatehouse Bank has introduced a range of limited-edition Home Purchase Plan and buy-to-let products...

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