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The need for speed is clear

Bridging lenders need to pick up the pace

PARESH RAJA CEO , MFS

We , as lenders , need to speed up . According to EY ’ s most recent UK bridging market survey , it ’ s taking longer for brokers to receive the funding they need for their clients .

On average , the days taken to complete on loans over the past 12 months has been over 45 for 46 % of the respondents . This was the highest result seen within this timeframe since 2019 , where just 11 % of loans took over 45 days to be issued .