Commercial

Kuflink agrees shirt sponsorship deal with Kent football club

Kuflink has signed a shirt sponsorship deal with Ebbsfleet United FC. Coupled with its existing...

United Trust Bank reveals 2018 ‘Open Book’ winner

United Trust Bank has announced that the winner of its 2018 ‘Open Book’ broker...

Sirius and Castle Trust complete £12m refinance in 11 days

In 11 working days, Sirius Property Finance has completed a £12 million loan, secured...

Bank of Scotland hit with £45.5m fine

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Bank of Scotland (BoS) £45,500,000 for failures...

InterBay Commercial completes £16m refinance deal 

InterBay Commercial has helped a client of Vantage Finance refinance of a block of flats...

Paragon’s Structured Lending business passes £100m milestone

The Structured Lending team at specialist lender Paragon has passed its £100 million milestone,...

Commercial property investors could embark on ‘post Brexit binge’

A new report has found that the commercial investment market remains "compelling" despite Brexit...

Brexit hitting plans to target housing shortage

63% of property finance brokers believe that plans to tackle the housing shortage have...

FIBA to sponsor new property sector event

The Financial Intermediary and Broker Association (FIBA) is to sponsor a new event in...

Aldermore unveils VAT loans for commercial purchases

Aldermore had introduced VAT loans to cover the VAT due on the purchase of...

Brexit still making firms nervous

Subcontractors across the UK have struggled to stay optimistic amid the continuing uncertainty of...

Trio joins Catalyst Property Finance

Catalyst Property Finance has announced three new appointments within its head office team. There is...

IGF appoints non-executive chairman

Independent Growth Finance (IGF) has announced the appointment of John Allbrook as non-executive chairman. He...

Arbuthnot Specialist Finance completes first deal

Arbuthnot Specialist Finance (ASFL) has completed its first loan since announcing its launch in...

COMMENT

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

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Phoebus completes latest SOC 2 Type II assessment

Phoebus Software has renewed its SOC 2 Type II attestation after KPMG assessed the...

Low-deposit mortgage lending climbs 38% to £24.7bn

Mortgage lending at loan-to-value ratios above 90% rose sharply over the past year as...

Stonebridge reports sharp rise in protection policies placed in trust

The proportion of protection policies being placed in trust has risen substantially over the...

Countrywide Surveying adds 35 newly qualified surveyors in 2026

Countrywide Surveying Services has added 35 newly qualified surveyors to its workforce so far...

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