News and insights

The latest specialist finance trends, products, case studies and more

Latest news

April 2025 / 11:22 am

Second Charge Watch: Time to form a new habit

Second Charge Watch: Time to form a new habit You don’t need to be an expert in second charge mortgages to offer them to your clients — just to spot the opportunity.   ‘I don’t do second charges.’ It’s a phrase I continue to hear from brokers more often than...

£1.9M Refinance on Multi-Unit Freehold Blocks

£1.9M Refinance on Multi-Unit Freehold Blocks

Our team of commercial finance experts were able to secure terms with a challenger bank who offered 60% LTV against a purchase price of £2m, at a rate of 3.12% plus BBR. 

“There’s a sense of inherent bias within the system”

“There’s a sense of inherent bias within the system”

William Lloyd-Hayward shares his perspective on the progress being made for LGBTQ+ employees and customers in Financial Services and opens up about his motivations behind the Pride in Finance Alliance (PIFA). The question of how much progress has been made when it...

Brightstar News

LIMITED EDITION 5year fixed personal BTL product

LIMITED EDITION 5year fixed personal BTL product

Limited Edition Product Details: No Product Fee No Application Fee Free valuation for properties up to £500,000 Discounted valuation for properties more than £500,000 Minimum loan amount of £45,000 Maximum loan amount of £750,000 £500 cashback for remortgage...

Helping a First-Time Buyer Secure Finance for a Complex New Build BTL

Helping a First-Time Buyer Secure Finance for a Complex New Build BTL

Helping a First-Time Buyer Secure Finance for a Complex New Build BTL After struggling to place this case, a broker recently referred a first-time buyer, first-time landlord looking to purchase a new build buy-to-let. With a low income of £18k and the property being...

Helping an experienced landlord secure a better deal

Helping an experienced landlord secure a better deal

Helping an experienced landlord secure a better dealIf you’re looking for expert property finance advice,            get in touch today.At Brightstar, we’re aways here to support clients looking for smarter financial solutions. We recently assisted an experienced...

NEW SEMI-EXCLUSIVE BUY-TO-LET PRODUCT

NEW SEMI-EXCLUSIVE BUY-TO-LET PRODUCT

Key Features: Up to 70% LTV Rate 5.40% 5 year fixed Arrangement fee 4% Proc fee 1.50%   70% - 75% LTV Rate 5.45% 5 year fixed Arrangement fee 4% Proc fee 1.50%   Must complete by 20th November £1 million+ deals MUFBs, holiday lets, portfolios, and HMOs up to...

NEW SEMI-EXCLUSIVE RESIDENTIAL PRODUCTS

NEW SEMI-EXCLUSIVE RESIDENTIAL PRODUCTS

£1,000 cashback residential products for 75% and 85% LTV. Key Features:   ACCEPTABLE ADVERSE: Defaults, CCJs or secured arrears recorded 3 months before application are not accepted.   Tier 0 products Defaults: 0 in 24 months CCJ: 0 in 72 months Mortgage and...

NEW Commercial & Semi-commercial products

NEW Commercial & Semi-commercial products

NEW RANGE! Featuring limited editions & cashback. Plus rate reductions across commercial & semi-commercial Commercial range Key Features: New limited edition remortgage products New 1% cashback products Reduced rates now starting from 6.19% Arrangement fees...

Semi-exclusive Residential & Buy-to-let products

Semi-exclusive Residential & Buy-to-let products

Owner Occupier Key Features: Up to 80% LTV 2 and 5 year fixed rates Rates from 5.39% Minimum loan £45,000 for purchase and remortgage, £2,000 for further advances. No minimum for product switches.   Buy-to-let Key Features: Rates from 4.99% 5 year fixed Max LTV...

  • 24 November 2022

    Bridging market continues to offer good opportunities for brokers

  • 21 November 2022

    Special times calls for specialist solutions

  • 16 November 2022

    The UK Specialist Lending Podcast episode 4

  • 14 October 2022

    Will you fall foul of Consumer Duty for capital-raising clients?

  • 14 October 2022

    How to help your clients beat the property famine

  • 14 October 2022

    Converting opportunities for your landlord clients

  • 14 October 2022

    It’s time to think about consumer duty

  • 14 October 2022

    Are you prepared for cost-of-living crisis fallout?

1 3 4 5 6
Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.