Martin’s Blog

Each week, Martin Gilsenan, Omni Capital’s sales director, offers his views on what’s making the news in bridging. Read on…
(NB: the items that appear here are reproduced with the kind permission of Bridging & Commercial. See: www.bridgingandcommercial.co.uk )

Rucksack Blues

11 June 2013

Much has been made of the ‘first-time buyer boom’ in recent days with many commentators highlighting that loan to value ratios have surpassed 80% for those buying their first property. Some have gone as far as crediting the much maligned…  Read full article

Expanding the brand

4 June 2013

Some of you will doubtless have seen the exciting (for us anyway) news that the Omni Capital brand is expanding. Announced to the world earlier this week, our parent business – Chris Candy-backed CPC Group – has acquired an existing…  Read full article

Bankers back in business?

28 May 2013

I enjoyed a very pleasant lunch last week with a heavyweight industry insider. Neither a lender nor a broker, he’s nevertheless well-connected and informed. Tellingly, he takes a macro view of the market, particularly as affects the lending sector and…  Read full article

Bringing bridging to brokers

21 May 2013

I was privileged last week to be asked to co-present at an invitation-only seminar for brokers interested in learning more about the many opportunities offered by bridging. Organised and hosted by our good friends at First4Bridging (F4B), the event was…  Read full article

Tempus fugit

14 May 2013

They say that a sign of getting old is noticing how quickly time starts to pass: one minute you’re laying out the breakfast things and the next…well, you’re laying out the breakfast things. If that’s the case, then I’m getting…  Read full article