News

Products/Criteria / Residential mortgages
29th March 2018

For clients who require a residential mortgage but are in an active debt management plan…

Products/Criteria / Residential mortgages
29th March 2018

Brightstar, recently crowned Magellan Homeloans 'distributor of the year' for 2017, has been rewarded with…

Products/Criteria / Residential mortgages
29th March 2018

A near prime residential mortgage up to 90% LTV with rates from 3.19%

Products/Criteria / Buy to Let mortgages
29th March 2018

A buy-to-let product that offers up to 75% LTV with a bespoke ICR…

Blogs & articles / People Development
27th March 2018

Much has been written and spoken about concerning the need to change the image of…

Press / People Development
19th March 2018

At a lunch hosted by Virgin Money and Brightstar Financial, in partnership with HM Treasury,…

Press / People Development
19th March 2018

I have written much about the importance of feedback and the crucial role it plays…

Press / People Development
16th March 2018

A further 45 signatories have committed to take on the targets highlighted in the Women…

Blogs & articles / People Development
15th March 2018

Ahead of ‘good news’ expected out tomorrow on gender equality from HM Treasury, Clare Jupp,…

Products/Criteria / Buy to Let mortgages
15th March 2018

We are delighted to have been chosen to launch a brand new Vida Homeloans buy-to-let…

Blogs & articles / People Development
8th March 2018

With the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap report findings telling us gender parity is…

Ezines - The latest news and views from Brightstar / Commercial finance
28th February 2018

Commercial high street lenders continue to favour the trading business area of the market; best…

Ezines - The latest news and views from Brightstar / Short-term lending
28th February 2018

We continue to witness further pricing competition within the sector; with some of our lenders…

Products/Criteria / Short-term lending
28th February 2018

Our product of the month enables clients to achieve up to 70% gross LTV on…

Ezines - The latest news and views from Brightstar / Buy to Let mortgages
28th February 2018

We’re constantly hearing that the buy-to-let market is in decline; it’s been reported that net…

Ezines - The latest news and views from Brightstar / Second charge mortgages
28th February 2018

According to the latest figures from the Finance and Leasing Association, the trade body for…

Products/Criteria / Second charge mortgages
28th February 2018

Our product of the month goes to Optimum Credit again, due to their recently announced…

Ezines - The latest news and views from Brightstar / Residential mortgages
28th February 2018

We’re continuing to see high loan to value enquiries where the client has a historical…

Products/Criteria / Residential mortgages
28th February 2018

Our product of the month is the 90% LTV semi exclusive via Kensington; it tops…

Short-term lending
29th January 2018

Bridging loan volume rose 10.7% to £534.1m in 2017, compared to £482.61m in 2016 as…

Ezines - The latest news and views from Brightstar / Short-term lending
19th December 2017

Liquidity within the short term lending market will continue but there will be further bumps…

Ezines - The latest news and views from Brightstar / Short-term lending
19th December 2017

Auction purchase of a property with no planning permission, where the investor wanted to change…

Ezines - The latest news and views from Brightstar / Short-term lending
19th December 2017

This year, Interbay, part of One Savings Bank launched in to the short term lending…

Ezines - The latest news and views from Brightstar / Short-term lending
19th December 2017

2017 was preceded by a long spell of huge growth and this year is no…

Ezines - The latest news and views from Brightstar / Residential mortgages
19th December 2017

IMLA recently reported that market and economic conditions suggest that the outlook for the specialist…

Ezines - The latest news and views from Brightstar / Residential mortgages
19th December 2017

Higher income multiple requirement for a customer with adverse credit Objective The customer, a single…

Ezines - The latest news and views from Brightstar / Residential mortgages
19th December 2017

Our residential mortgage product of the year has to be a semi-exclusive deal from Kensington.…

Ezines - The latest news and views from Brightstar / Residential mortgages
19th December 2017

2017 has been a great year for the sector in terms of growth and this…

Ezines - The latest news and views from Brightstar / Blogs & articles / Buy to Let mortgages
18th December 2017

As we move in to 2018, the understanding of the regulatory and underwriting changes will…