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Inspired Lending funds restructuring of £1.3m complex portfolio

Inspired Lending has provided a six-month bridging loan facility of £1.3m secured against multiple...

Precise launches mobile app with MagiClick

Precise, part of OSB Group, has launched a mobile app for brokers, following months...

Chain-break prevention drives bridging demand

Bridging Trends contributors have reported £201.8 million in bridging loans in Q2 2024, a...

Greenfield Bridging cuts rates

Greenfield Bridging has launched a new, reduced bridging loan rate. It did not disclose the...

Norton Group appoints bridging & commercial sales manager

Norton Group has announced the appointment of Daniel Jones as bridging & commercial sales...

Hilco completes fast £1.5m bridge for care home provider

Hilco Real Estate Finance (HREF) recently provided a rapid £1.5m bridging loan to a...

MFS joins New Leaf lender panel

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has been added to New Leaf Distribution’s panel of lenders. ...

Shawbrook provides £10.8m development exit funding in 12 days

Shawbrook has completed a £10.8 million development exit loan for a luxury flat development...

Five new faces at Catalyst

Specialist lender Catalyst has expanded its lending team with five new hires. Appointments have...

Aspen adds 16th student to graduate scheme

Daniel Tame has become the 16th university student to join Aspen Bridging’s lauded Graduate...

MFS cuts Bridge Fusion and commercial BTL rates

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has reduced rates across a number of product ranges. The...

HTB funds complex six-flat £2.1m development exit

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has completed a complex £2.1m development exit facility for a...

Tuscan Capital funds £6.8m high-leverage deal

Tuscan Capital has announced the funding of a £6.8 million deal for five luxury,...

Hilco makes senior bridging appointment

Hilco Real Estate Finance (HREF) has appointed Duncan Pearson as senior business development consultant. ...

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...

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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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