Over recent years, headlines such as “Ignore specialist lending at your peril” have become increasingly common, and for good reason. These serve as a vital reminder to brokers that expanding into the specialist lending marketplace is no longer optional but essential....

The UK mortgage market has undoubtedly grown more complex in recent years, particularly from a high-street lending perspective. This shift has elevated the profile of specialist sectors. In this context, broader access to a range of short-term financial options has...

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) and Envelop teamed up to complete a complex £6.9 million remortgage for an experienced property developer with a diverse portfolio of 65 properties across the Midlands, consisting of both flats and houses. By leveraging the value of the...

As a packager, our role involves providing tailored financial solutions that address the specific needs of our clients, enabling them to confidently and effectively navigate a variety of property-related challenges. This is especially crucial in a market characterised...

The specialist lending marketplace continues to experience significant growth in terms of demand and activity, reflecting its fast-growing perception across the broader mortgage market and increased recognition amongst landlords, investors, developers and...

Demand and activity levels across the bridging finance sector continue to rise in line with its perception and profile across the wider mortgage market and in the eyes of a growing number of property professionals and borrowers. This is reflected in the inaugural...

There’s always a huge amount of talk around the ‘next big thing’ in any business sector. This has also been evident across the mortgage industry, although it seems that such discussions always tend to end up focusing on differing elements within the specialist lending...

Bridging finance has come a long way over the years from a demand, perception and proficiency perspective. In terms of a present day overview, this is a sector which continues to generate huge amounts of interest amongst homeowners, investors, developers, landlords...

Specialist lending review By the time you read this article, we will be close to drawing the curtain on H1 2024 and looking forward to H2. Generally speaking, H1 has lived up to a rising number of cautiously optimistic approaches which emerged towards the back end of...

The annual EY UK Bridging Market Survey, in collaboration with Bridging & Commercial, offers a fascinating, in-depth, analysis of this ever-evolving sector and always serves to uncover plenty of statistical gems to focus on, and this year is certainly no...