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West One Loans sales director Marie Grundy says strengthening the company's sales force is a critical component of its growth strategy. Her comments come after the leading specialist property finance lender announced the doubling of its sa…
14 September 2017
Brokers can provide a better service for their clients’ evolving needs, thanks to Masthaven's extended suite of short-term lending solutions. That's the verdict from James Bloom, managing director of the development finance company. The fi…
13 September 2017
Mint Bridging's Andrew Lazare has told of his delight following the launch of its new brand positioning and identity — pitching itself as a third generation lender. The award-winning lender also announced it has lent more than £325,000,000…
12 September 2017
Sinead Moynihan, head of sales at bridging lender Mint Bridging, says she is "looking forward" to the response after pledging to lend £30million of funding in September. The company is offering free valuations on all new loan enquiries rec…
25 August 2017
Benson Hersch, CEO of the Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL), says he is confident that the new executive committee will continue to work to raise standards. Mr Hersch was speaking as the ASTL announced its new board, which will ta…
22 August 2017
Pay4, which aims to provide working capital solutions, was approached by the business after realising that their generous payment terms -- especially with independent retailers, restaurants, bakeries and event caterers - put great pressure…
21 August 2017
Peer-to-peer lender Kuflink's ability to complete deals speedily helped find a business solution for two brothers in need of finance following building work. The challenge presented itself when Kuflink was approached by the brothers who in…
15 August 2017
Sinead Moynihan, head of sales at Mint Bridging, has welcomed the company's decision to relocate to MediaCityUK, Salford. Mint has moved the sales and business development team, headed by Sinead and including Jordon Catto, Steven Bowes, Co…
11 August 2017
LendInvest chief Christian Faes says listing a £50 million retail bond on the London Stock Exchange’s Order book for Retail Bonds (ORB) is a "significant achievement". LendInvest, one of the UK’s leading online platform for property lendin…
11 August 2017
West One Loans MD Stephen Wasserman says the housing market is resilient and will grow in time following reports of a slowdown in London and the South East. While the region is pulling down activity and average price growth in the UK based…
11 August 2017
Roma Finance chief Scott Marshall has spoken of his delight after the bridging finance and development lender reported its most successful half year, to 30th June 2017. Four of the six months were consecutive record months in terms of va…
07 August 2017
Stephen Wasserman, MD of West One Loans, says the market "is robust" after the short-term bridging finance provider reported a new record month, with £62m lent in June. This has contributed to current total bridging lending breaking throu…
21 July 2017
Following on from the hugely successful NACFB Commercial Finance Expo 2017, the media team at BridgingDirectory.com have created a promotional video of the conference, held at Birmingham's NEC. Bridging Directory exhibited on the day…
20 July 2017
Masthaven chief Matt Andrews says he is delighted to have appointed "three innovative individuals" to the company's mortgage team. His assessment follows the recruitment of John Smith as national account manager for first charge mortgages,…
17 July 2017
Kevin Vendel, senior partnership manager for Spotcap UK, discusses the company's plans to grow after having launched their services in Great Britain in October of last year. Kevin lifted the lid on Spotcap's strategy in a candid interview…
13 July 2017
Century Capital say they are delighted to announce a recent completion from which they got a massive kick. It came when an unarmed Chelsea star put pen to paper on a first charge loan. The company completed a deal to unlock equity from a £…
13 July 2017
Mint Bridging MD Andrew Lazare has reiterated the company's commitment to customer service following the appointment of underwriter Samantha Herd. Samantha has become the 30th Mint Bridging employee and highlights the firm's ambitious expa…
13 July 2017
Home extensions are a financing opportunity for brokers and homeowners, says Brian Rubins, Director of Alternative Bridging Corporation. Mr Rubins says one reason is that although the sales market has become lethargic there is a shortage…
07 July 2017
Lenders can manage their existing valuation panel or create a new one thanks to a service launched by Valuation Audit Services (VAS), says company founder Stephen Todd. VAS has launched a new service, VAS Software, and say its intelligent,…
27 June 2017
Sophie Mitchell-Charman has spoken of her excitement at taking up a new position as business development manager (BDM) for Northern England at LendInvest, the specialist mortgage lender. Her appointment is the company's second BDM for Nort…
19 June 2017
A healthy rise of 14% for year-end income at Reward Finance Group has provided evidence of solid growth for five successive years, says joint MD Tom Flannery. Mr Flannery helped oversee increased income for year-end February 2017 to £7.56m…
12 June 2017
Benson Hersch has welcomed the news that Affirmative Group has re-joined the Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) after an absence of almost five years. Mr Hersch, CEO of ASTL, believes the addition of Affirmative, the Manchester-based…
08 June 2017
An increased need for development finance has led to Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) launching a new product aimed at satisfying the demand. Jeanette Gwatkin says that BFS, who are based in The Wirral, have worked with surveyors and prope…
07 June 2017
Luke Townsend, CEO of Zorin Finance, believes a "flexible, swift and tailored" approach to lending has helped the company reach a £200million milestone of total loans originated. Entrepreneur Mr Townsend was speaking after it was announced…
05 June 2017
Motorsport fan David Henderson had a dream to transform some abandoned clay pits into a state-of-the-art racing track. But David, Managing Director at Manna Developments, discovered trying to secure funding to realise his ambitious project…
05 June 2017
Century Capital CEO Paul Munford has heaped praise on his team after reflecting on a hugely successful week in which the company facilitated six deals in as many days. The bridging lender was able to provide an astonishingly quick turnarou…
30 May 2017
The bridging industry is full of smoke and mirrors and in need of a lesson in transparency and clarity, according to one bridging lender. Brian Rubins, director of Alternative Bridging Corporation, has claimed the industry lacks openness,…
29 April 2017
A bridging finance lender has launched a rock bottom special mortgage rate of just 0.75% per month. It’s great news for borrowers looking for short term finance at a competitive rate but you’ll have to move fast – the offer is only open to…
13 April 2017
Nick Smith, sales and marketing chief with alternative finance provider Reward Finance Group, has acquired a stake in the business to complete a partial management buy-in. The transaction sees Mr Smith take an equal shareholding in the b…
11 April 2017
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