Recently, we have started dealing with an increased number of brokers with clients who already have an exit strategy in place before they take out a bridging loan.

Most brokers think they will increase the amount of bridging finance they do over the next 12 months, according to a broker survey by Hope Capital, with 97% of brokerssaying that they...

How many times have you been in the position of buying something or doing a deal that doesn’t actually turn out to be the way you thought it was going to be? Sometimes this is...

Hope Capital has reported that the number of completions, enquiries and heads of terms issued increased three-fold in Q1 2018 compared to the last quarter of 2017.

There is a growing shift in residential landlords shifting their investments towards commercial properties. Much of this stems from the tax and stamp duty changes that the government...

Figures from the Association of Short Term Lenders have shown that bridging lending reached £857m in Q2 this year, up 12.1% from Q1.

Hope Capital has expanded its team after making two key appointments in the past month and is now about to take on new premises, more than doubling its office space.

Hope Capital has announced that it has made two key appointments and is now moving to new premises as part of its expansion plans after reporting its most successful three months.

Issues such as adverse credit, affordability and stricter stress testing and lending criteria are continuing to affect an investor’s ability to obtain mainstream funding.

In October last year it was reported that unregulated bridging loans were continuing to outstrip regulated ones.