In the first quarter of 2018, 38.8% of house sales failed to reach completion. This is up from 34.9% during the first three months of 2017, and the highest house sale failure rate in (more…)

The Bridging Trends report revealed that in the first quarter of 2018, the volume of bridging loans dramatically increased, but will this boom continue? During the first quarter of 2018,…

Bridging loans to the value of £154.02 million were arranged in the first quarter of 2018. This is nearly a third up compared to the same period in 2017, and the highest recorded quarter total since the Bridging Trends data was first published in 2015.

In the first quarter of 2015, there were bridging loans to the value of (more…)

As the property market varies in different UK regions, some financial experts have speculated that there could be a need for regional specific bridging finance products. (more…)

The volume of bridging loans increased by nearly a third in the first quarter of 2018 (more…)

The latest figures from the Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) showed that £1 billion was lent in new bridging loans during the last quarter of 2017 (more…)

The latest Bridging Trends data showed that in 2017, the value of bridging loans increased by 10.7% to a total of £534.1m.

In the first quarter of (more…)

According to Land Registry statistics, property sales in the UK fell by 3.9% between November and December 2017. In December, there were 99,100 residential and (more…)

‘Silver bridgers’ is a term used to describe people over 60 who use bridging loans. BestAdvice.co.uk notes this month that bridging finance lenders and (more…)

Bridging finance is a useful and flexible form on lending, but not all brokers are able to provide expert advice on it. Lenders benefit from brokers who are (more…)