As the UK property market has been moving from strength to strength during and after the pandemic, it's made perfect sense that more and more people, as well as business owners, are now looking to invest into residential and commercial property. That often means, of course, that clients require a mortgage in order to be able to invest in property that requires quite a lot of capital. With the increase in demand for property, and lending, this has also [...]

  There can be many reasons why you might not be able to agree a mortgage on a property, mainly to do with the state of repair or location of the property. With the increase in popularity of investing in property in the UK recently, we've seen a huge surge in the number of enquiries we get about an unmortgageable property and what sort of finance could be put in place instead. Many of these properties are ones that are [...]

  Buying property at auction has become an increasingly popular option for property investors in recent years, with many able to pick up some absolute bargains. With the explosion of the UK property market in recent years property investment has become absolutely red-hot once again and many like attending auctions in order to look for great property investments that they may then be able to either sell on or keep to let as a buy-to-let property, Even throughout the pandemic, [...]

  Bridging loans are one of our most popular products, and probably one of the most versatile lending options on the market when it comes to loans and finance more generally. Our clients use them for all sorts of things both as a consumer and commercially, and the majority of the time a bridging loan is used a short-term solution to a lack of liquidity. That being said, we also find that a lot of our clients, and a lot [...]

As the UK property market has flourished in the wake of the pandemic, and with global equity markets and traditional investment vehicles volatile, it has meant that many investors are now turning to the UK market and are looking more specifically at opportunities that may arise from auction properties and property that can be renovated. This has also meant a great deal more interest in property auctions and the potential they hold as an investment opportunity. Many auction houses are [...]

  A great deal of our clients work within property development, and so we tend to deal a lot with development finance, and many at first ask us, what is development finance? With the hugely impressive performance of the UK property market over the last few years, many more investors, businesses and individuals are getting involved in property development, and this can take many forms. For example, many of our clients will purchase a larger residential property and re-develop it [...]

  Often, we'll have clients ask us the question "what is a bridging loan?", and at times it can seem a lot more complicated than it actually is. Bridging loans are one of our most popular products, and for good reason. They're flexible, versatile and can be applied for and approved often within days, making them an excellent short-term lending solution. In essence, a bridging loan is a short term loan that is often used as a temporary finance solution [...]