Written by Gina Blagden, Head of Sales The cost-of-living crisis is taking hold and millions of consumers are turning to credit cards to help them meet rising prices. Bank of England figures show that credit card borrowing rose at its fastest rate in 17 years in June...
Written by Michelle Westley, Head of Marketing Working with a specialist distributor not only means you’re able to leverage our sector expertise across different areas of specialist lending, but it also gives your clients access to a wider choice of lenders than you...
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. An increasing number of landlords are looking to more complex investments in order to increase yield. This is particularly true among experienced investors who...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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