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• Business lending slump defied by bridging finance

  Posted on 20 May 2013

  Short term business loans provided by bridging lenders have signficantly outpaced mainstream commercial finance in the last twelve months according to the latest West One Loans broker sentiment survey. The poll, taken from data collected from over 350 mortgage brokers… Read more…

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• West One broker survey reveals borrowers do not understand bridging.

  Posted on 15 May 2013

    West One’s latest broker survey reveals many borrowers are still unsure as to how bridging can help them get short term funding. Shortage of funds is a huge problem in the UK. Funding problems in the construction industry have… Read more…

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• West One in the news again

  Posted on 22 April 2013

  A busy week in the  press for West One Loans with some good coverage around our broker sentiment survey results. In particular, the news that buy to let investors are increasingly using alternative forms of financing; some 36% of the brokers taking part… Read more…

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• Are you going to the Property Investor Show?

  Posted on 15 April 2013

  Come and meet the West One Loans team in person on stand 308 at the Property Investor Show at Excel London.  19th -20th April. You might have a project to talk about, or then again just want to catch up. Either way, we’d love… Read more…

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• Latest issue of Horizon out now

  Posted on 15 April 2013

  Another packed edition of West One’s free magazine Horizon, is available for download here.   In a year that is set to see bridging smash through the £2bn mark by the end of December, the latest research from the West One Bridging… Read more…

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• Have your say in our latest broker sentiment survey

  Posted on 12 March 2013

  Our broker sentiment surveys continue to give us insightful snapshots of our industry pulse. Giving brokers an opportunity to comment on key industry trends and helping us to understand the market trends more clearly. Our latest survey is ready waiting… Read more…

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• West One Loans explains bridging in 60 seconds!

  Posted on 4 March 2013

  West One Loans, has released a state of the art animated video to help viewers better understand how and where bridging finance can be used. Entitled ‘A Bridge to the Future’ and lasting around a minute, the video is the… Read more…

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• Growth in alternative finance outstrips mortgage lending 50 times over

  Posted on 11 February 2013

  Gross mortgage lending, as measured by the Council of Mortgage Lenders, was outstripped 51 times over by the growth of bridging loans in 2012, reveal figures from the latest West One Bridging Index. The CML estimated a 1.4% annual growth… Read more…

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• West One voted one of the industry’s favourite lenders

  Posted on 14 January 2013

  According to a recent broker poll, West One has been voted one of the most efficient UK short term funding providers in the industry. In a survey conducted by online publisher, Bridging & Commercial, West One was voted the industry’s… Read more…

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• West One Broker Survey tops The Daily Telegraph’s business stats

  Posted on 7 January 2013

  West One Loans made the headlines again this week following the release of data findings from our Broker Survey, which determined what brokers expect for the short term loan sector in 2013. In the Daily Telegraph’s business section, we made… Read more…

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