Commercial

Aldermore makes specialist finance hires for North of England

Aldermore has made two new appointments to its specialist finance team in support of...

Funding 365 introduces three-year deals

Funding 365 has launched two innovative three-year loan products, aimed at borrowers looking for...

New board elected for ASTL

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has announced a new board of directors...

Developers need to plan for more than one exit

Oblix Capital has warned developers to consider more than one exit strategy for their...

Investec provides £25m redevelopment loan

Investec Structured Property Finance has provided James Taylor Homes with a £25 million term...

SMEs worried about rising costs and Brexit

Small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) across the country are most concerned about the...

Shawbrook provides £11.5m permitted development bridge

Shawbrook’s commercial mortgages team has delivered a 24-month long permitted development bridging loan within...

Barclays unveils £100k SME lending facility

Barclays has launched £100,000 unsecured lending for SMEs on its app and online banking...

Arbuthnot Commercial ABL provides £8m facility

Arbuthnot Commercial ABL has delivered a flexible £8m receivables finance facility to support the...

SMEs still have ambitious growth plans this summer

UK SMEs plan to increase their borrowing to capitalise on summer spending, according to...

Signature appoints relationship manager for London and the South

Signature Private Finance has announced the appointment of relationship manager, Andy Neocleous. Neocleous (pictured) will...

A quarter of SMEs would shut instantly on key person death

26% of UK small businesses would have to shit immediately if a key person...

Just Mortgages partners with Fiducia to offer commercial advice

Following a partnership with commercial broker Fiducia, five brokers in Just Mortgages’ self-employed division...

Aldermore unveils VAT loans for housebuilders and developers

Aldermore has launched VAT loans to cover the VAT due on land and property. The...

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...

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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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