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The UK Specialist Lending Podcast episode 3

The UK Specialist Lending Podcast episode 3

Join Alex Hammond - Director, SquareOne Media, Jamie Pritchard - Director of Sales, Glenhawk and Jo Logan - bridging and development specialist, Brightstar Financial, as they discuss how changes to Permitted Development Rights (PDR) have created opportunities for...

The UK Specialist Lending Podcast episode 2

The UK Specialist Lending Podcast episode 2

Join Alex Hammond - Director, SquareOne Media, Stewart Simpson - Second charge specialist, Brightstar and Maeve Ward - Commerical Director, Central Trust, as they discuss why and how brokers should be focusing on proactive relationships with their clients. This topic...

Why finance needs menopausal women and men who get it

Why finance needs menopausal women and men who get it

Originally published in Bridging Loan Directory Leonardo di Caprio is not the first Hollywood star to prefer younger women. But the Leo Index is now almost as well known as the FTSE (or maybe that should be the VIX). The viral graph shows Leo, 47, has never yet dated...

Brokers offering bridging despite lack of sector knowledge

Brokers offering bridging despite lack of sector knowledge

By Michelle Westley, Head of Marketing at Brightstar Financial Research by Brightstar Financial and West One has found that 83% of brokers offer bridging finance to their clients, even though only 67% claim to have at least a good knowledge of the sector. The survey,...

Helping your clients tackle the rising cost of living

Helping your clients tackle the rising cost of living

Stewart Simpson, Second Charge Mortgage Specialist The latest Bank of England Base Rate increase was more or less inevitable as the global situation continues to add fuel to rampant inflation. After many months of a Bank Base Rate sitting just above zero, rates are...

Removing barriers to greater bridging growth

Removing barriers to greater bridging growth

Michelle Westley, Head of Marketing, Brightstar Financial The latest data from the ASTL shows that the final quarter of last year was a record period for bridging, with both the value of completions and of applications reaching an all-time high. The figures, which are...

Do you have the expertise that your commercial clients need?

Do you have the expertise that your commercial clients need?

Written by Adam Fulcher, Commercial Finance Specialist The cost-of-living crisis isn’t just impacting consumers. Businesses too face a huge increase in energy prices, the impact of which is exacerbated for those businesses that use a lot of power. It’s a sad reality...

The UK Specialist Lending Podcast episode 1

The UK Specialist Lending Podcast episode 1

Episode 1: Broker versus regulator – second charge mortgages Join Alex Hammond – director, SquareOne Media, Stewart Simpson – second charge mortgage specialist, Brightstar and Caroline Mirakian – sales director, Optimum Credit, as they discuss what is causing brokers...