Development finance

Trio joins UTB’s development finance team

United Trust Bank (UTB) has made three senior appointments to its development finance division. Paul...

Ensure you broaden your revenue base

There’s a huge amount of excitement in the broker community at present — and...

Urban areas can’t keep pace with expanding populations

The fastest growing towns and cities in the UK are currently building as few...

Sirius and Amicus complete two high value deals

High net worth City based brokerage Sirius Property Finance, part of the Brightstar Financial...

Naismiths to monitor large Shawbrook-funded development

Naismiths has been appointed by Shawbrook Bank to monitor one of the bank’s largest development...

Castle Trust grows development finance proposition

Castle Trust Capital has doubled its maximum loan size for development finance and is...

BLG appoints deputy head of new business 

Business Lending Group (BLG) has announced the appointment of Gordon Robinson as its deputy...

Builders slam idea of Irish ‘hard border’

A hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic would be damaging to the...

Shawbrook completes £13.6m Black Book Finance deal

Shawbrook Bank has completed a development finance loan for £13.6 million with distributor Black Book...

LendInvest wants government backing for SME builders

LendInvest has hosted a cross-party roundtable at Conservative Party Conference in Manchester to discuss...

Brokers pessimistic about govt new homes target

Only 8% of development finance brokers think the government will hit its 1m new...

AOBP appoints lender committee

The Association of Bridging Professionals (AOBP) has finalised the formation of its lender committee. It...

LendInvest unveils broker property development course

LendInvest has launched the first LendInvest Broker Property Development Course in partnership with the...

Together backs Birmingham’s Broad Street regeneration

Together has provided a £787,500 short-term loan to support a regeneration project on...
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COMMENT

Comment

The case for tech fluency before AI adoption in the mutual sector

It often feels like there is only one conversation taking place in financial services at the moment: artificial intelligence. Whether it’s trade shows and...

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM) is sometimes portrayed as a quick way for residents to...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers and administrators go on holiday. Specialist lending cases, which have...

Every rate shock is becoming a test of the modern mortgage business

Halifax, Barclays and HSBC increased selected mortgage rates by up to 0.20% this week, effective 21 July. Halifax removed its sub-4% deals entirely. Barclays'...

Your next client is probably more complicated than your last one

There's a shift happening in the mortgage market that most small firms aren't ready for. It's not about rates. It's not about the political...

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Regulation

Final call for views on FCA mortgage reforms

The mortgage industry has until tomorrow to respond to Financial Conduct Authority proposals intended...
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One in five borrow to fund private healthcare

Almost one in five people who recently accessed private healthcare used a credit card...
Compliance

Digital mortgage ID checks unaffected by government U-turn

Digital identity verification used by mortgage lenders, brokers and other regulated firms is unaffected...
Building Societies

Family BS launches broker Mortgage Hub

Family Building Society has launched an online mortgage application platform designed to give brokers...

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