Specialist

Signature in charity partnership with special school

Short-term lender, Signature Property Finance, has announced a charity partnership with Ysgol Ty Coch,...

Castle Trust Bank expands sales team

Castle Trust Bank has grown its sales team with the addition of Tyrone Alexander...

Inspired Lending become BDLA member

Inspired Lending has become the latest short-term lender to join the Bridging & Development...

First-time buyers warned over auction risks amid stamp duty rush

With the stamp duty deadline fast approaching, industry figures are warning that a growing...

Market Financial Solutions’ loan book hits £2.4bn mark

Market Financial Solutions has revealed that its loan book has surpassed its £2 billion...

Black & White Bridging completes complex refinance transaction

Black & White Bridging has completed its first refinance transaction of a specialist asset. The...

Bridging finance for investment overtaking chain breaks

A forecasted 25% increase in bridging finance over the next five years, in what...

Inspired Lending loans £400k for Devon commercial refurbishment project

Short-term lender Inspired Lending has provided a £400,000 funding facility to support the refurbishment...

Saible joins BDLA

Saible has become the latest firm to join the Bridging & Development Lenders Association...

Delivering a one-stop shop for brokers

In property finance, no two journeys are the same. Investors might start with bridging...

HTB adds AVM option to bridging proposition

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has introduced an Automated Valuation Model (AVM) option to its...

Aspen completes bridge in five days to meet purchase deadline

Bridging lender Aspen ensured completion of a £455,000 bridge in five days because its...

Precise unveils developer exit and cuts bridging rates

Precise has reduced rates across its complete bridging range, as well as introducing a...

Aldermore funds four South West residential schemes

Aldermore has completed has provided a multi-million pound loan to Bathford Investments, which provided...

COMMENT

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

Latest news

ModaMortgages cuts rates with limited edition buy-to-let range

ModaMortgages has launched a limited edition buy-to-let range with rates reduced by up to...

First-time buyers face confidence gap as unexpected costs and delays mount

Nine in 10 first-time buyers believe they understand the home-buying process before starting, but...

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

Family Building Society has appointed Paul Ormonde as a business development manager covering Central...

LendInvest raises £300m through latest Mortimer securitisation

LendInvest has completed its eighth Mortimer residential mortgage-backed securitisation, securing £300 million of funding...

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