Commercial mortgages

Crystal Specialist Finance reports record quarter

Crystal Specialist Finance has hailed its rebrand earlier in the year as a success. It...

Shawbrook helps clarify large loan position

Shawbrook Bank’s commercial mortgages division has published documents for its broker partners, designed to help clarify...

Shawbrook issues new legal guides

Shawbrook Bank’s commercial mortgages division has today published two new legal guides for its broker...

NACFB to hold EGM

The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) is inviting all its members to a special...

Stephen Johnson promoted at Shawbrook

Stephen Johnson, managing director of Shawbrook Bank’s commercial mortgages division, has been promoted to...

Funding Circle unveils bridging deal

Funding Circle has launched a short-term bridging product. The move bolsters Funding Circle’s existing...

SMEs expect alternative finance to continue expansion

64% of small business owners expect demand for alternative finance – including forms such...

InterBay improves BTL and commercial offering

Following feedback from its distributors, InterBay has made changes to its buy-to-let and commercial lending...

Complete FS reveals details of specialist lender event

Complete FS is inviting intermediaries across the South of England to meet with a...

Crystal Mortgages rebrands to highlight core markets

Midlands-based Crystal Mortgages has rebranded to Crystal Specialist Finance. It is highlighting five distinctive...

Shawbrook Bank unveils commercial mortgages ops team

Members of Shawbrook Bank's central customer operations team who handle commercial mortgage deals have...

Shawbrook plans stock market flotation

Shawbrook Group plc has this morning announced its intention to float on the London...

Shawbrook promotes commercial pair

Shawbrook Bank has announced two promotions within its commercial mortgages team. Sarah Woolf, previously business...

TRM partners with Crystal Mortgages

New broker network, The Right Mortgage and Protection (TRM), has entered into a preferred...
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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...

Removing friction from the homebuying journey

One thing I keep hearing from our advisers is how much more work each case now generates, largely because so much of it involves...

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More than 20 financial services organisations have signed a new agreement with government aimed...
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