Commercial

Bridging Link joins FIBA

Specialist finance trade body, Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA), has announced the appointment...

Bridging Finance Solutions backs first-time developer in Wirral

Bridging Finance Solutions has supported a small, first time developer with its latest deal. The...

Affirmative steps in to save deal

Bridging and development lender Affirmative has helped a borrower secure time-sensitive funding following the...

UK SMEs lack supply chain disruption plans

Research carried out by Aldermore has found that one in 10 SMEs believe they...

Record year for Praetura Asset Finance

Asset finance funder Praetura Asset Finance has recorded its most successful year ever. 2019 saw...

Octane Capital cuts rates in reaction to election result

Octane Capital has reduced its risk rating given the improved outlook for the UK...

Hitachi Capital (UK) appoints CIO

Business finance provider Hitachi Capital (UK) has appointed Kim Brien as chief information officer...

SME funder backs London art scholarship

Art Academy London, in association with Hitachi Capital UK, is offering one budding student...

Simply curates third party assets sales

SME funder Simply has begun to list third party assets on the Simply site. The decision...

FIBA expands professional partners panel

Commercial finance trade body, FIBA, has appointed Elite Law Solicitors to its panel of...

Two new hires for Spotcap

Spotcap UK has reported that Ian Mills and Duncan Ballingall have joined the UK...

InterBay Commercial completes “extremely complicated” £7m deal

InterBay Commercial has completed a complex portfolio transfer in a £7 million remortgage case. The...

SME funder announces new managing director

Simply, the SME funder, has made five senior promotions. It said the promotions were made...

CSF posts record annual performance in 2019

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has reported a decade of continual growth with a record...

COMMENT

Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage advisers, brokers, and, increasingly, customers directly. One thing comes up time...

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...

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CHL cuts buy-to-let rates by up to 25bps

CHL Mortgages has reduced rates across its short-term let and limited edition buy-to-let ranges. The...

Darlington cuts rates across buy-to-let and specialist ranges

Darlington Building Society has reduced mortgage rates by up to 50bps across its buy-to-let,...

HTB backs £2.4m Mitcham scheme

Hampshire Trust Bank has provided a £2.4m development finance facility for a mixed-use scheme in...

The Mansfield reports record mortgage lending for second year running

Mansfield Building Society has reported record mortgage lending for the second successive year, after...

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