The West Midlands is the fastest growing area for rent
6 hours agoThe typical rent in the region increased by 4% in the year to April, reaching an average of...
Funding 365 cuts bridging rates
6 hours ago
These pricing levels apply to loans up to 60% and 75% loan-to-value...
Bridging applications hit record value in Q1 2019
10 hours ago
The Association of Short-Term Lenders (ASTL) found applications for the year ending March...
News
Private rental prices up 1.2% across the country
3 hours ago
In England, private rental prices grew by 1.2%, Wales experienced growth of 1.1%, while in Scotland...
Arbuthnot Latham launches short-term finance division
6 hours ago
Shoaib Bux and Yasin Patel lead the division as joint managing directors, totalling 25 years’...
Kent Reliance partners with Mortgage Force for £13m deal
10 hours ago
Kent Reliance for Intermediaries, part of specialist mortgage provider and retail savings group...
Blog
The versatile short-term loan
Thu 2 May 2019
We continue to see the many and varied ways that short-term loans can be used by property...
How the Tenant Fees Act affects UK landlords
Thu 25 Apr 2019
From June 1 2019, the Tenant Fees Act comes into force, in England. For landlords who use agents,...
Editor's Pick
BFS hires two BDMs and an underwriter
Mon 20 May 2019
All appointments form part of the long term BFS expansion and growth strategy, which continues to...
First 4 Bridging joins NACFB
Mon 20 May 2019
Specialist packager First 4 Bridging has joined the National Association of Commercial Finance...
Hampshire Trust Bank completes complex £5.8m semi commercial loan
Mon 20 May 2019
The facility, brokered by Kingswood Associates, was provided for a development that consists of 16...
Helping clients with the leap from residential buy-to-let to commercial
Wed 17 Apr 2019
Residential buy-to-let landlords over the past couple of years have had the proverbial kitchen sink...
Why fish-hooking is damaging our industry
Wed 10 Apr 2019
Over the last five years I’ve watched the IFISA market from the sidelines. Last year, as a...
Britain’s holiday rental market
Fri 5 Apr 2019
Beleaguered property investors are turning their attention from buy-to-let to holiday lets, in a...
TMA Club adds Newbury Building Society to lender panel
Mon 20 May 2019
Members of the club will have immediate access to Newbury’s wide range of solutions including...
Foundation Home Loans completes third securitisation
Mon 20 May 2019
Named Twin Bridges 2019-1 at £329m – it is the largest securitisation of mortgages originated by...
United Trust Bank helps to fund barn conversions
Thu 16 May 2019
The barns in Bedfordshire will be converted into three luxury homes by developers Resolution...
Foundation launches 5-year fix for buy-to-let limited company borrowers
Thu 16 May 2019
The 5-year fix is priced at 3.35% up to 75% loan-to-value with a maximum loan available up to £1m...
Could Brexit be good news for holiday lets?
Thu 4 Apr 2019
Brexit uncertainty could lead to more Britons holidaying in the UK, bolstering demand for holiday...
Opportunities are still out there in the bridging market
Wed 3 Apr 2019
Despite some turbulence in the financial markets, results revealed that the bridging market grew by...
London brokers increasing their amount of international bridging
Mon 18 Feb 2019
Based on observations and conversations over the past year, there appears to have been an increase...