Commercial

Mint Bridging creates separate development and bridging teams

Mint Bridging has separated out its development lending from its traditional bridging lending. It has...

New specialist finance provider appoints VAS Group

Arbuthnot Specialist Finance Limited (ASFL) has appointed VAS Group to manage all its valuations...

Clever Lending unveils new broker portal

Clever Lending has launched a new online portal to improve the way brokers manage...

Mark Sismey-Durrant to advise Oblix Capital

Oblix Capital has appointed Mark Sismey-Durrant as an independent adviser to its board.  His previous...

Brokers undeterred by Brexit uncertainty

81% of brokers are pursuing their plans for their businesses regardless of what happens with...

Yellow Stone Finance funds claims management purchase

Yellow Stone Finance has completed an equity investment for a client, enabling the purchase...

Bathgate Business Finance funds gourmet chip shop

Bathgate Business Finance has provided a funding deal worth £35,000 to help launch a...

Fiduciam secures vineyard deal with thousands of bottles of wine

Fiduciam has funded a vineyard in France using the wine as security. The three-year...

Together hires ex-banker as adviser to board

Specialist lender Together has hired ex-banker Simon Raine as an advisor to its board. Raine...

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries provides £13m development finance

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries has partnered with Mortgage Force on behalf of the latter's...

Mint Bridging becomes FIBA member

Mint Bridging has become the latest lender partner of FIBA, the financial intermediary and broker...

UTB partners with Barwood Capital to fund barn conversions

United Trust Bank (UTB) and the UK regional real estate specialist, Barwood Capital, have...

Robo-advice is brokers’ greatest technological fear

New broker research has found that brokers see fintech such as AI/robo-advice as the...

Glenhawk appoints portfolio manager

Glenhawk has announced the appointment of Sophie Watson as portfolio manager. She joins the specialist...

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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The West Brom promotes Gareth Madeley to chief customer officer

West Brom Building Society has appointed Gareth Madeley as its new chief customer officer,...

Industry leaders unite behind MIMHC Lunch

HSBC UK, Virgin Money, Nottingham Building Society, Landbay and top broker firms Mortgage Advice...

Santander raises foreign national mortgage lending to 90% LTV

Santander UK has expanded its foreign national mortgage policy by increasing the maximum loan-to-value...

Keystone passes £2bn in securitisation issuance with sixth Hops Hill deal

Keystone Property Finance has completed its sixth securitisation, taking total issuance under its Hops...

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