Commercial mortgages

Recognise completes £5m commercial deal two weeks early

Recognise Bank has agreed a £5 million commercial loan with property company Grangewood Investments...

Hampshire Trust Bank tweaks semi-commercial criteria

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has made changes its semi-commercial lending criteria following feedback from...

Lifting the lid on specialist lending

Specialist lending can be an intimidating and sometimes misunderstood area of the mortgage market...

Shawbrook cuts commercial investment rates

Shawbrook has made a reduction in rates across its Commercial and Semi-Commercial Investment offerings,...

Pink Pig Loans helps business buy property to secure future

Pink Pig Loans has secured a £210,000 commercial loan for a local business, ensuring...

Metro Bank becomes NACFB patron

Metro Bank has become the latest lender to join the National Association of Commercial...

Allica Bank revamps commercial mortgage range 

Allica Bank has revised its commercial mortgage products, including reducing interest rates and increasing...

Allica Bank improves commercial mortgage proposition

Allica Bank has revised its commercial mortgage products, reducing interest rates and increasing the...

InterBay lowers semi-commercial and commercial rates

InterBay has cut rates across all of its semi-commercial and commercial ranges, is providing...

Allica Bank provides commercial mortgage for firm’s growth

CME Limited, a Somerset-based automation and packaging machinery specialists, has secured a "significant" commercial...

Shawbrook Bank cuts commercial heavy refurb rates

Shawbrook Bank has made a reduction in rates across its Commercial Heavy Refurbishment product...

Together extends HABS warehouse facility

Together Financial Services Limited has announced the refinancing of Highfield Asset Backed Securitisation 1 Limited...

First 4 Bridging to hold specialist lending seminars

First 4 Bridging (F4B) will be hosting three specialist lending seminars across the country. These...

Maximum LTV searches prevalent in all specialist sectors

Brokers are searching for ‘maximum loan to value (LTV)’ in large numbers, according to...

COMMENT

How brokers can secure better client outcomes in a volatile market

Experience has always counted in the mortgage market. Brokers who worked through the financial crisis, the Covid pandemic, the Liz Truss mini-Budget and cost-of-living...

Housing reform needs a thriving private rental sector, not just a thriving sales and purchase market

One of the most encouraging developments over recent weeks has been the renewed focus on improving the homebuying and selling process. The Government's plans to...

The economics of developing the next generation of advisers

Over the past couple of decades, I have worked alongside literally thousands of AR and DA firms, from businesses employing one or two advisers...

Is Andy Burnham the New Messiah or just Starmer with better eyebrows?

What a damning indictment of Labour that Andy Burnham appears to be strolling towards the leadership in what looks less like a contest and...

Approvals hit a 2.5-year low: When broker value gets proven – or missed

Net mortgage approvals dropped to 56,200 in May – the lowest since December 2023 - down from 66,000 the month before. Net borrowing fell from...

Latest news

LSL Financial Services appoints interim managing director

LSL Financial Services has appointed Piotr Nowosad as interim managing director to lead its...

Mortgage demand slows in second quarter as higher rates hit affordability

Higher borrowing costs weighed on mortgage demand during the second quarter, although Stonebridge says...

Omni Protect becomes first service provider to adopt Beagle Street intermediary proposition

Omni Protect has become the first service provider for directly authorised firms to offer...

Dudley BS rolls out new mortgage platform to all brokers

Dudley Building Society has completed the rollout of its new mortgage origination platform to...

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