Commercial

Sirius office move as part of expansion plans

Specialist property finance broker Sirius Property Finance has moved to new, larger offices in...

Impact Specialist Finance added to SmartrRefer

Impact Specialist Finance has joined SmartrRefer, Legal & General Mortgage Club’s approved specialist distribution panel. Legal...

Oblix Capital: improve standards ahead of regulation

Oblix Capital has backed calls to improve industry standards and transparency, ahead of the...

Shawbrook appoints regional development manager for Scotland

Shawbrook Bank has appointed Simon Smith as regional development manager. He will be based in...

Fiduciam grows all-female Spanish team

Fiduciam has increased its Spanish team to eight, following the recruitment of three new...

Aldermore funds NHS recruitment business

Aldermore has provided a £250,000 finance deal to NHS recruitment specialist, Focusmed24. Focusmed24 supplies medical...

New property finance provider launches

West Rock Capital, a London-based boutique debt advisory business, has been launched by Westley Richards. Richards...

BFS provides £800k funding line to seasonal business

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has provided a £800,000 funding facility to Triflora International Ltd,...

Property finance brokers want PDR regulation review

United Trust Bank’s most recent Broker Sentiment Poll has revealed that 67% of property finance...

Majority of SMEs can’t fund their business ambitions

52% of UK SME owners have business ambitions they feel they are unable to...

Signature Private Finance sets £250m lending target

Signature Private Finance is making operational changes in order to reach its desired lending...

Asset finance market up 8%

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has reported that asset finance new business (primarily...

Commercial finance intermediaries maintain positive future outlook

77% of commercial finance intermediaries surveyed in July believe that the number of loans they...

UK Agricultural Finance joins Alternative Business Funding platform

UK Agricultural Finance (‘UKAF’), an SME lender for the rural and agricultural sector, has...

COMMENT

With great power comes great responsibility

There has been a huge amount in the press about the “feudal” system of leasehold and how the government’s revitalised commonhold will fix all...

Don’t rein me in

For many years, major financial institutions and large retailers have understood the benefits of presenting their customers with complementary products alongside their core offering. Banks...

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...

Stability has value: why the latest Bank Base Rate hold matters

The Bank of England's decision to maintain Bank Base Rate (BBR) at 3.75% may not have generated the excitement that often accompanies a rate...

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...

Latest news

Skipton Group appoints group chief internal auditor

Skipton Group has appointed Caroline Dale as its new group chief internal auditor, with...

DC Law passes 10,000 Trustpilot reviews with ‘Excellent’ customer rating

DC Law has exceeded 10,000 customer reviews on Trustpilot while maintaining an ‘Excellent’ rating...

Family Building Society launches BoE tracker mortgages

Family Building Society has launched a new range of Bank of England tracker mortgages...

The Mortgage Works cuts buy-to-let rates

The Mortgage Works has reduced buy-to-let mortgage rates by up to 0.25 percentage points...

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