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The perks of being associated with an associationThursday 8th September 2011
There has been much talk about the recent rise in size of the bridging market, with a number of new lenders coming into play. With a...
Is the bridging boom affecting service?
Tuesday 23rd August 2011
Recent recession woe has lead to a myriad of doom and gloom updates – you can’t turn a corner without walking into a ‘deficit’, a ‘eurobond’...
Zero Fees: What's the hype?
Thursday 18th August 2011
Exit fees, completion fees, renewal fees... The charges surrounding lending criteria can be extensive and confusing. A borrower is unlikely to understand exactly what all these...
Divorce and bridging: a match made in heaven?
Thursday 11th August 2011
The recession has bitten many of us and there are countless stories of businesses going bust, mortgages defaulting and bailiffs galore. Not so, however, for the institute...
The Bribery Act: All smoke and no fire?
Tuesday 19th July 2011
Like most industry publications, Bridging & Commercial followed the countdown to The Bribery Act 2010’s launch with vigour, expecting that the prospect of 10-year prison terms...
Aldermore wins top award for second year running
Friday 8th July 2011
For the second year running, Aldemore has scooped the ‘Best Commercial Lender’ accolade at the annual Bridging & Commercial Awards. The award ceremony, held in the Summer...
NACFB Expo deemed a huge success
Tuesday 5th July 2011
The NACFB Commercial Finance Expo 2011 has been deemed a huge success after more than 900 delegates attended the event. The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers...
Bridging Finance industry grinds to a halt
Thursday 30th June 2011
It has been said that bridging business was brought to a grinding halt on Monday, June 27th, as the crème de la crème within short term...
Reaching out to the brokers
Thursday 9th June 2011
Saul Brock of Lancashire Mortgage Corporation explains how he, and his team, reach out to the broker community... 1. When did you start at Lancashire Mortgage Corporation? I...
Owners of furnished holiday lets need to get their skates on
Thursday 19th May 2011
It's been fairly well documented of late that the majority of owners of commercial property are sitting on sizeable unclaimed capital allowances amounting to tens or...
When the repo-man comes knocking
Tuesday 17th May 2011
Although lenders advance money with the intention of being repaid without any problems, sometimes things can go wrong and it is rarely pleasant for a lender...
A day at the races with Aldermore
Tuesday 10th May 2011
Wednesday, 27th April 2011 saw the opening of the Ascot Flat season and what an occasion it was.... By Caron Schreuder, Media Manager of Bridging & Commercial, "The...
Multimillion pound 'underground' development opportunity emerges
Thursday 7th April 2011
Sitting dormant and disused beneath the streets of London lies the City’s largest asset, according to Ajit Chambers. The entrepreneur and former banker believes that thousands of...
Desperate to lend because they're living on the hedge
Tuesday 22nd March 2011
In the current climate it seems that most borrowers are unconcerned about where a lender’s money comes from; after all, money from a bank is just...
Bridging risk and failure
Tuesday 22nd March 2011
In a “normal” lending market, better properties will gravitate towards traditional lenders leaving the inferior ones for secondary or tertiary lenders. Of course in the current...
Billions of pounds left unclaimed by commercial property owners
Thursday 10th February 2011
News that commercial property owners are owed billions of pounds in unclaimed capital allowances should both alarm and excite professionals in the commercial sector. The number...
Buy-to-let: A legal minefield
Thursday 3rd February 2011
With all the indicators suggesting that the buy-to-let market is set to either boom or buoy, legal minds advise intermediaries and lenders alike to watch their...
Graham Allen's travelog of Cambodia with MAG
Thursday 27th January 2011
Happy new year from all at Commercial Money Matters and thanks to the Bridging and Commercial team for inviting me to present a follow-up article about...
New Bribery Act: will it change the way we do business forever?
Tuesday 25th January 2011
With less than two months until the Bribery Act 2010 comes into force, brokers and lenders are beginning to ask: ‘Am I guilty?!’ For centuries, businessmen have...
Retail Finance: 100% loans and fish ‘n’ chips - an alternative option for brokers
Monday 29th November 2010
By Rebecca Hobson and Shelley DeBere Providing a detailed, step by step guide to retail finance and what exactly is in it for the broker, last week saw...
Capital allowances ‘a right not a privilege’: another service to offer
Tuesday 16th November 2010
Every time a commercial property owner spends money buying or improving his property, there is a strong chance they can offset that expenditure against profits or...
Drawbridge finance: six months later are they still on top?
Friday 1st October 2010
Rebecca Hobson speaks to Jonathan Samuels and Mark Posniak of Drawbridge Finance Six months ago Drawbridge Finance ‘launched’. It opened its arms – and its deals –...
Second Charge Commercial Bridging by Marc Goldberg
Monday 16th August 2010
Second Charge Commercial Bridging By Marc Goldberg, director at leading provider of second charge commercial bridging finance, Lancashire Mortgage Corporation For the vast majority of small businesses, accessing...
Financial sanctions: Chickens come home to roost, by Dr Larry Shapiro
Thursday 12th August 2010
By Dr Larry Shapiro, Director of Linksfield Technologies The issue of financial sanctions gained new prominence last week, with a historic fine levied by the Financial Services Authority...
Sam Collett: How the award-winning female property developer achieved her dream and why she’s looking at bridging
Thursday 29th July 2010
By Dawn Murden Samantha Collett, 34, is an award-winning property developer and investor from Hertfordshire, who with her ambitious and bubbly personality has soared to success quickly....
From broker to lender: Why West One Loans are a broker’s BFF
Thursday 22nd July 2010
It’s no secret that the last year has seen an influx of short term lenders enter the market. Yet to what extent the new competition has...
Commercial Bridging: Why the alternative route isn’t madness
Tuesday 13th July 2010
By Louise Fernley For a number of bridging lenders the prospect of lending almost purely on sizeable commercial investments would not just be scary, but unthinkable. However, there...
Out of the wasteland Aldermore grows...
Wednesday 2nd June 2010
The journey of a new bank with Rob Lankey, Head of Lending By Rebecca Hobson For those at Aldermore it’s not been a rocky road to...
The man behind Drawbridge Finance
Tuesday 4th May 2010
By Rebecca Hobson It’s taken us weeks to track down the brains behind the newest short term lender, Drawbridge Finance. Both CEO Jonathan Samuels and head of...
Firms still struggling to obtain traditional funding
Monday 8th March 2010
Steve Barber, managing director of Bridging Finance (NW) Ltd, discusses how the credit crunch has seen more businesses explore alternative methods of funding. For the past...
Bridging feature: When Time Matters
Thursday 28th January 2010
By Jonathan Rubins, Managing Director of Alternative Bridging Corporation Limited (ABC) When time matters…and it often does: Auction purchases, urgent refinance, working capital are only a few of the...
Chartered surveyor gives 2010 housing market predictions
Tuesday 19th January 2010
In an exclusive article, industry pundit David Tropp, of Orion Asset Services, has given Bridging & Commercial his predictions for the housing market in 2010: Being...
Special report: Brokers must think outside the box
Wednesday 19th August 2009
Aaron Sherrington, Director of Alfa Financial Ltd, the Commercial & Bridging master packager, gives his views on Bridging Finance in the current economic climate: As many banks...
Major bridging lender weighs in on upfront fees debate
Tuesday 4th August 2009
Following our article on upfront fees in bridging finance, which received a huge response from both brokers and lenders, Alan Margolis, the chief executive officer at bridging...
Brokers warned to spot 5 red flags of fraud
Tuesday 28th July 2009
Following recent news that FSA fines have increased by 514% in the last year – with small brokers bearing the brunt of the trigger-happy banning and...
Cash Flow Casualties – How Brokers Can Help
Tuesday 3rd February 2009
With invoice discounting on the rise, Gary Bailey of Blemain Group discusses how bridging finance could still be the best option for firms experiencing cash flow...
Brokers need to diversify in order to secure their futures
Thursday 18th September 2008
As access to funding lines dwindles, brokers are finding it increasingly difficult to fulfil their job role and stay afloat. Bridging loans is one type of...
What’s your answer?
Thursday 17th July 2008
At the end of June the Chancellor Alistair Darling warned that inflationary wage rises are confined to the past, and calling for wage restraints, he stated...
How to work with a Commercial Mortgage Packager- and Why
Tuesday 8th July 2008
Commercial Mortgage packagers differ greatly from Residential Mortgage packagers and why you should use them varies from utilising their knowledge, extensive lender panels and enhancing a...
The Value of Commercial Mortgages to a Small/Medium Advisor Practice.
Friday 4th July 2008
The Commercial Mortgage marketplace is booming, with new Lenders and innovative products. As such there has never been a better time for a Small/Medium Advisor Practice...
Understanding Bridging Opportunities
Wednesday 2nd July 2008
By John Maclean, Managing Director, Link Lending Limited Spotting opportunities for a bridging solution becomes easy if you remember the three basic elements that make up the...
The Bridging Scene: Bridging over troubled waters
Monday 9th June 2008
Ryneveld van der Horst, Financial Director at Bridgingloans.com Bridging finance holds its own despite a slow-down on mortgage lending Over the last few months, some of the country’s...
Interesting Times
Monday 9th June 2008
Adam Tyler, Chief Executive, of the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers offers an insight into the current market and explains how the Association is supporting...
Cheval opens its doors to the press
Friday 25th April 2008
In a unique poll conducted this month by Bridging and Commercial, Cheval was voted best Bridger, winning 32% of the vote. Cheval’s declared aim is to provide...
Remain resilient in the commercial market.
Monday 14th April 2008
Mike Healy, Head of Commercial at CHL Mortgages. What began as a ‘Credit Crunch’ across the pond has quickly morphed into the funding and liquidity crisis we...
Market Outlook from Commercial First
Monday 7th April 2008
By Stephen Johnson, Sales and Marketing Director Commercial First Mortgages It is an understatement to say that we have all felt the effects of the crisis in the...
Bridgingloans.com highlight the growth in distressed sales
Wednesday 5th March 2008
Ryneveld Van Der Horst, Financial Director, Bridgingloans.com Over the last few months there has been a marked increase in distressed sales. The reasons are obvious. The turbulence...
Commercial mortgages: An opportunity for 2008
Monday 18th February 2008
Danny Churchill, Director Commercial 1. The commercial market has a very strong outlook for 2008 – the sector has been growing steadily over the last 18 months...
Choosing Your Bridging Lender
Friday 15th February 2008
Mark Posniak, Director of Sales and Marketing at Cheval Property Finance Plc, Brokers should chose their bridger wisely in the present financial climate. The ‘credit crunch’ sparked...
Opportunities in the Property Investor Sector
Thursday 14th February 2008
Stephen Johnson, Commercial First’s Sales and Marketing Director. In its recently published annual Financial Risk Outlook, the FSA highlighted the fact that overall capital values across housing...
Understanding the importance of Bridging lender's terms
Friday 1st February 2008
How the lender's term enable you to find best short-term funding solutions for your clients. John Maclean, Managing Director of Link Lending, Link Lending has led innovation in...
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