Commercial

Aspen’s desktop valuation saves development exit

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

Slice of luck as cheese firm secures £1.5m CLBILS loan

Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance has provided Bradburys Cheese with a £1.5m loan from...

Reward Finance Group appoints BDM

Reward Finance Group has appointed Simon Micklethwaite as business development director (BDM) for Yorkshire...

Investec funds £16.6m car park-to-office development

Investec’s structured property finance team has agreed to provide a joint venture between Angelo...

Shawbrook’s latest results show Covid impact

Shawbrook Bank's pre-tax profit for the fist six- months of 2020 totalled £5.9 million,...

Brokers vital to SME recovery

Finance brokers will play a key role to play in helping small and medium-sized...

Asset finance market down 41% in June

Latest figures from the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that total asset finance...

Aldermore makes asset finance sales hire

Aldermore has appointed Rania Pugh as its new head of sales support for asset...

New identity for Promise Solutions

Promise Solutions has rebranded the business as Promise Money. The packager and master broker is...

Shawbrook returns to partial pre-Covid criteria

Shawbrook’s property division has confirmed that it has returned to some of its pre-pandemic...

Funding 365 unveils development finance product

Bridging lender Funding 365 has moved into development finance with the launch of its...

Covid-19: specialist brokers remain optimistic

Shawbrook’s most recent Broker Barometer has revealed that as the UK emerges from the...

CSF appoints group sales and marketing director

Jason Berry has been appointed group sales and marketing director at Crystal Specialist Finance...

Bridging lender moves into 75% LTV space

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has launched new rates for its bridging loans, now offering...

COMMENT

More questions now surround the home moving digital journey

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published its highly anticipated Home Buying and Selling Reform Roadmap, representing the most aggressive...

If you motivate an idiot you just get stupid things done quicker

There's a lot of excitement about artificial intelligence in the mortgage industry right now. Nearly nine in 10 mortgage brokers want technology to play...

AI for brokers: the three lines you should never cross

Most AI advice aimed at advisers is either breathless hype or vague caution. Here is something you can actually act on: a practical way...

Hobson’s Choice: Which root canal treatment would you prefer, Sir?

Now that Andy Pandy from ‘oop norf’ is de facto the Prime Minister elect and will shortly be choosing the colour scheme of No...

Buy-to-let: reality versus a much-peddled narrative

Every few months, it seems, another report emerges suggesting buy-to-let no longer stacks up as an investment proposition. The headlines are often dramatic, the...

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Gen H and Just Mortgages tool to help shared ownership borrowers move to full ownership

Just Mortgages and Gen H have introduced a new calculator designed to help shared...

Advice boosts women’s confidence in long-term financial planning

Women are more likely to manage household finances than longer-term wealth decisions, although financial...

More questions now surround the home moving digital journey

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published its highly anticipated...

Mortgage rates have surged since Brexit vote, says L&C

The cost of borrowing has risen sharply in the decade since the UK voted...

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