Commercial mortgages

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...

Allica Bank partners with VAS Panel

Allica Bank has added valuation panel management service, VAS Panel, onto its valuation database...

Shawbrook Bank revises commercial investment proposition

Shawbrook Bank has made a number of changes to its commercial and Ssemi-commercial investment...

New Shawbrook podcast on bridging and PDR

Shawbrook Bank has issued a new A conversation with Shawbrook podcast episode. It is hosted by...

Brightstar launches virtual expo for specialist lending

Brightstar Financial has announced the Specialist Lending Virtual Expo, a free one day digital...

Apsen breaks own monthly completion record

Aspen Bridging has recorded a new monthly completions record, lending £23m in April 2021. ...

Sesame Bankhall Group unveils new master broker panel

Sesame Bankhall Group has announced that PMS Mortgage Club and Sesame Network members now...

Pitch 4 Finance sees strong demand for commercial lending

Pitch 4 Finance has revealed that it received £66.8m worth of enquiries in its...

United Trust Bank appoints head of originations

United Trust Bank (UTB) has appointed Paul De Croos as head of originations –...

Shawbrook cuts commercial investment rates

Shawbrook Bank has reduced in rates across its commercial investment proposition, with rates now starting...

Allica Bank bolsters business finance teams

Allica Bank has made four appointments to its team to boost its operational capacity...

SimplyBiz unveils Specialist Property Finance Club with FIBA

Mortgage club, SimplyBiz Mortgages, has teamed up with the Financial Intermediary and Broker Association (FIBA)...

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...

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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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