Commercial

BFS joins Private Finance lending panel

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has been appointed to the lending panel of national brokerage,...

SMEs prepare for Christmas shortages

The turnover of UK SMEs increased by 20 points in September, despite widespread goods...

Finsec joins Knowledge Bank platform

Specialist second charge and secured business loan lender, Finsec, has added its criteria to...

FLA launches recommendations to boost green lending

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has published its manifesto, Making Green Finance Mainstream,...

Octopus provides £10m loan for central Manchester development

Octopus Real Estate has completed a £10 million loan secured on a prime development...

Uinsure launches specialist in-house insurance team

Uinsure has created a new insurance division, Uinsure Specialist, to handle non-standard and commercial...

Sourcing system reveals UK lender total

There are around 900 lenders in the UK covering an wide variety of finance...

KSEYE launches new hybrid buy-to-let products

Bridging lender KSEYE has unveiled a new range of hybrid buy-to-let finance products for...

Sancus appoints head of sales for the South

Sancus has appointed Jaxon Stevens as head of sales (South). He will be based in...

UTB proves £10m for Kensal Green development

United Trust Bank (UTB) has provided a £10 million investment into Yellow Brick Estates'...

August boost for asset finance market

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has revealed that total asset finance new business...

Reward Finance Group raises £25,500 for two charities

The Leeds and Manchester offices of Reward Finance Group has raised £25,500 for its...

Together expands sales team

Specialist lender Together has expanded its commercial sales teams by appointing three new business...

The Mansfield backs development finance initiative

The Mansfield Building Society is supporting NEXA Finance by providing funding to help property...

COMMENT

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

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...

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Lifetime ISAs linked to £67.5bn of first-time buyer property purchases

Lifetime ISAs have helped more than 417,000 people buy their first home since the...

Landbay webinar to examine outlook for rates and UK economy

Landbay is to host an economic webinar examining the outlook for interest rates, inflation...

Cost of living hits homeownership plans for more than half of young Scots

More than half of younger adults in Scotland say cost-of-living pressures are the biggest...

Precise cuts residential mortgage offer times with new platform

Precise has launched a residential mortgage platform after a pilot reduced average application-to-offer times...

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