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Bridging Finance – Exciting Times Ahead
- Bridging Finance
A recent report by the Ernst and Young Financial Services Corporate Finance team has concluded that the number of bridging lenders operating within the sector could decrease in the next two to five years as intensifying competition leads to an ‘organic’ expansion of leading industry players, the increased acquisition of smaller lenders and the growing…
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Why bridging loans are becoming an increasingly popular form of finance
- Bridging Finance
It was described as the worst Budget build up in history but when Philip Hammond took to the despatch box to make his statement he actually had one or two crowd pleasers in store. In a speech that was peppered, rather uncharacteristically with jokes, Mr Hammond announced big news for first time buyers with the…
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Can the mainstream mortgage world learn from bridging?
- Bridging Finance
Latest figures from the Association of Short Term Lenders suggest bridging is up 39% year on year as growth of the sector continues. While I’m always loathed to use the term boom (which one can’t help but follow up with ‘bust’) it’s certainly the case that the sector is enjoying a buoyant time of late.…