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Rise in business demand for bridging finance

Bridging Trends contributors have reported £196.2 million in bridging loan transactions during the first...

Aspen provides £1.1m bridge to free up developer capital

Aspen has completed a £1.1m residential bridging loan for a Nigerian national property developer...

Signature Property Finance appoints commercial director

Signature Property Finance has appointed Michael Clifford as its first commercial director. Clifford (pictured) joins...

Saxon Trust completes £768k development deal

Saxon Trust has recently completed a £768,231 ground-up development loan secured on a site...

Alternative Bridging hires new internal BDM

Alternative Bridging Corporation has appointed a new internal business development manager (IBDM) within its...

Tuscan Capital completes £1.765m dev exit facility

Tuscan Capital has completed a £1.765 million development exit facility for a Grade II-listed...

Castle Trust Bank unveils special edition bridging rates

Castle Trust Bank has introduced new special edition rates on its Light and Heavy...

Hope Capital revamps refurb offering

Hope Capital has made rate reductions within its residential medium refurbishment offering. Its residential medium...

Somo appoints pair of relationship executives

Somo Bridging has appointed Daniella Edwards-Davies and Fran Calow as relationship executives to support...

Alternative Bridging partners with children’s charity

Specialist property lender Alternative Bridging Corporation has partnered with the charity Spread a Smile. ...

Local knowledge crucial to delivering for brokers across the country

One particularly encouraging aspect to the market at the moment is the appetite to...

LendInvest Mortgages cuts bridging rates

LendInvest Mortgages has unveiled new rate reductions and changes to its bridging product proposition. The...

Norton Broker Services completes £330k complex bridge

Norton Broker Services has recently secured a purchase and refurbishment loan valued at £210,000...

Alternative Bridging makes underwriting department promotion

Alternative Bridging Corporation has promoted Robert Seymour to the position of senior underwriter. Seymour...

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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