Bridging Finance News Round-Up | 27 April – 1 May 2026

By Bridging Loan Directory 1st May 2026

It’s been another busy week across the UK bridging finance and specialist property lending market, with a strong flow of completions, lender appointments, product updates and market insight.

Highlights included a £10.7m stabilisation facility from Ortus, an £8.5m Salford land bridge from HTB and Word On The Street, and a £5.6m portfolio refinance completed by Glenhawk.

This week on Bridging Loan Directory we published 30 stories covering bridging finance deals, lender appointments, product updates, guides and market commentary across the specialist finance sector.

Here’s your full weekly digest.

People Moves

Morpheus Lending appoints James Dewey as Senior Business Development Manager
Morpheus Lending has expanded its business development team with a senior appointment.

Redwood Bank promotes Rhia Botha to Chief Treasury Officer
Redwood Bank has promoted Rhia Botha into a senior treasury leadership role.

Mercantile Trust promotes Vicky O’Sullivan to Senior Business Development Manager
Mercantile Trust has strengthened its broker-facing team with an internal promotion.

Ampla Finance hires three to strengthen introducer support
Ampla Finance has expanded its team to support introducer relationships.

GB Bank CEO Mike Says to step down as Eddie Trahearn named successor
GB Bank has announced a leadership change at chief executive level.

Deal Activity

DCI delivers £2.47m development facility for Stoke Newington scheme
The facility supports a residential development scheme in Stoke Newington.

Aspen Bridging completes £3m multi-tranche no valuation bridging loan
Aspen completed a complex multi-tranche bridging facility without a valuation.

CSBF completes £800k facility for York EV charging hub
Funding supports the development of an EV charging hub in York.

Assetz Capital completes £2.5m development loan for Plymouth scheme
Assetz Capital has completed development funding for a Plymouth scheme.

Morpheus Lending completes £3.4m bridging loan in 10 days
A fast bridging loan was completed within 10 days.

HTB and Word On The Street complete £8.5m Salford land bridge in one week
A time-sensitive land bridge was completed in one week.

Ortus completes £10.7m stabilisation facility for UK hotel portfolio
Ortus provided a stabilisation facility across a hotel portfolio.

Glenhawk completes £5.6m portfolio refinance to fund further acquisitions
The refinance will support further acquisition activity.

FD Commercial completes £1.1m regulated auction bridge in three weeks
A regulated auction bridge was completed within three weeks.

Pallas Capital completes £970k development exit bridge at 75% LTV
Pallas Capital completed a development exit facility at 75% LTV.

Assetz Capital completes £2.73m development refinance for Midlothian scheme
Assetz Capital completed a development refinance for a Scottish scheme.

Industry News

Shawbrook and Aldermore renew funding lines with SDKA
The renewed funding lines support continued lending activity.

Investec, REALIS and Wrenbridge secure £50m Cambridge development site
A major Cambridge development site has been secured.

Lendco completes £519m Atlas BTL securitisation as total issuance passes £2.5bn
Lendco has completed a major buy-to-let securitisation.

YBS Commercial cuts rates across BTL and commercial mortgages
The lender has reduced rates across key product areas.

Charterbank Capital moves to fully remote in-house valuations
Charterbank has moved to a remote in-house valuation model.

Triple Point extends and upsizes F2 Finance funding facility
The funding facility has been extended and increased.

Market Harborough cuts holiday let rates and increases max loan to £3m
Market Harborough has improved pricing and loan size for holiday let borrowers.

Opinion

Bridging activity remains strong but the gap between deals is widening
Tony Sanchez, Founder of Bridging Loan Directory, explores how deals are still completing but becoming harder to land.

Rising enquiry volumes, but what about deal quality?
Rob Goodall, CEO at Inhale Capital, looks at enquiry volumes and the importance of deal quality.

The market is still moving but the pressure is building
Tony Sanchez, Founder of Bridging Loan Directory, explores how pressure is building across deal flow, development and lender activity.

Five Minute Interview

Bridging is about solving problems, no two deals are ever the same
Stefan Ramos, Specialist Property Finance Broker at Mortgage Lane, shares his perspective on problem-solving, borrower attitudes and the changing role of bridging finance.