Commercial mortgages

VAS Panel completes over £1bn worth of valuations for Allica Bank

VAS Panel has completed over £1bn worth of valuations for Allica Bank in 16...

Questions to open up commercial opportunities

One of the most critical challenges that brokers consistently face is ensuring that enough...

Aldermore provides £6.4m commercial mortgage for shopping centre

Aldermore has provided Saxon Square Christchurch with a £6.4m commercial mortgage, refinancing its key...

Recognise Bank completes £670k loan for residential children’s home

Recognise Bank has agreed a £670,000 commercial mortgage for an experienced care home provider....

Assetz Capital unveils managing director

Assetz Capital has appointed Andrew Charnley to the newly-created role of managing director. Charnley (pictured)...

Allica Bank reduces commercial mortgage rates

Allica Bank wants to take on the high-street banks on rate as well as...

Hodge appoints commercial lending senior BDM

Hodge has appointed Stuart Benge as its senior business development manager (BDM) for commercial...

Together lends £300m in one month

Specialist lender Together has broken its all-time lending record for the second month in...

Redwood Bank reduces lending rates and ups LTVs

Redwood Bank has unveiled improved interest rates starting from 3.49% (plus base rate) for secured...

Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance appoints London sales director

Secure Trust Bank has appointed Vincent Walker as regional sales director in its London...

Aldermore provides £2.45m commercial financing

Aldermore has provided a £2.45m loan to Southernwood Capital to help with the purchase...

Recognise Bank provides £550k commercial mortgage

Recognise Bank has completed a £550,000 commercial mortgage for a property investment firm to...

Together hires new regional account manager for the South

Specialist lender Together has appointed Dan Narwal as a regional account manager covering London...

Atom bank cuts SME fixed rates

Atom banks cut headline rates across its fixed rate commercial mortgage products by up...

COMMENT

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Latest news

Skipton cuts fixed rates and widens home mover range

Skipton Building Society is reducing rates across its fixed mortgage range by an average...

Quantum Mortgages promotes Mihramane and Ajaib

Quantum Mortgages has made two internal promotions across its sales and completions teams as...

Complex incomes hindering aspiring Scottish buyers

More than half of Scottish adults with complex incomes who do not own a...

MAB adds three senior hires across marketing, finance and technology

Mortgage Advice Bureau has strengthened its executive team with three senior appointments spanning marketing,...

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