By Jo Logan, Bridging and Development Finance Specialist at Brightstar Financial The overall volume of property transactions may be lower than the heightened activity of the last couple of years, but ask any prospective homebuyer whether it’s easy to secure the...

An article written by Barry Searle, Managing Director, Property at Castle Trust Bank for Brightstar’s ezine. Development finance is typically available for terms of between nine and 30 months. Given the extended timeframes for many building projects at the moment,...

An article written by Barry Searle, Managing Director, Property at Castle Trust Bank for Brightstar’s ezine. Various pandemic-fuelled revelations have shaped the past couple of years, from the so-called ‘death of the high street’, to the realisation that remote...

An article written by Barry Searle, Managing Director, Property at Castle Trust Bank for Brightstar’s ezine. A growing number of landlords are choosing to diversify their portfolio, from letting out property on a standard AST to investing in a house of multiple...

Stewart Simpson, Second Charge Mortgage Specialist at Brightstar Financial In June 2022, the Bank of England’s (BoE) Monetary Policy Committee raised the base rate to 1.25%, in a move that came as a surprise to very few. While this is still a historically relatively...

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,...

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...