Commercial

SMEs show resilience in face of Covid-19

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a 30% loss in monthly business income of the average...

Roma Finance unveils new development finance and commercial solutions

Roma Finance has launched a new 'ground up' development finance product as well as...

Optimum Commercial appoints national sales director

Optimum Commercial has appointed Chris Duckworth to the position of national sales director. Duckworth (pictured) has...

BFS: extend furlough scheme or risk SME jobs losses

There is still wide support among SMEs for an extension to the government's furlough...

Enterprise Finance adds Roma Finance to panel

Enterprise Finance has added bridging, development and buy-to-let lender Roma Finance to its panel. ...

Lloyds stopped from bundling accounts with Bounce Back loans

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has stopped Lloyds Banking Group forcing small business customers...

Glenhawk appoints CFO and finance director

Glenhawk has announced the appointments of Andrew Townsend as chief financial officer (CFO) and...

United Trust Bank appoints chief commercial officer

Mark Stokes, formerly managing director for commercial banking at Metro Bank, has joined United...

Aldermore Connect webinar series launches

Aldermore has launched ‘Aldermore Connect’ – a series of regular, refreshed webinars that will...

Bathgate Business Finance hires leasing specialist

Bathgate Business Finance has appointed Rachel Berry as a business development manager (BDM). Berry (pictured)...

Selina Finance makes significant changes to offering

Selina Finance is doubling its maximum loan term to 10 years. The digital lender...

CFS launches intermediary health and wellbeing campaign

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has unveiled a long-term health and wellbeing campaign for the...

Crystal appoints corporate relationship manager

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has bolstered its sales function with the appointment of Satwant...

Aspen’s desktop valuation saves development exit

Aspen Bridging has completed a £150,000 development exit bridging loan on a remote property...

COMMENT

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Why the government’s housing ambitions won’t fix the affordability crisis

With the bidding open for the government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme - the main pillar of its long-term housing strategy - homebuying...

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The Market Harborough reaches £1m community funding milestone

Market Harborough Building Society said it has committed £1 million to community causes over...

Accord publishes broker guide on recognising economic abuse in mortgage cases

Accord has published a new guide for mortgage brokers on how to identify and...

CHL completes £5m portfolio refinance as lender navigates time-sensitive case

CHL Mortgages has completed a £5 million refinance across 10 buy-to-let properties in south...

The 4.3 million borrowers your pipeline is probably missing

There are 4.3 million self-employed workers in the UK and nearly one in five...

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