Commercial

Dudley BS makes commercial appointment

The Dudley Building Society (DBS) has announced the appointment of Jenny Coffey as market...

Most commercial finance providers are moving in the right direction

Businesses of all shapes and sizes have had to take a long hard look...

Paula Purdy joins Together

Paula Purdy has taken up her new position of key accounts manager at specialist...

New chairman for asset finance provider

Arkle Finance has appointed Paul Bartley, the co-founder of Close Leasing, as its new...

Loan book high for Together

Together has reported average monthly loan originations of £171.7m for the final quarter of 2018, up...

Paragon expands asset finance team

Paragon has made a number of new appointments in its asset finance business. Jan Greenhalgh...

Rob Lankey to join Shawbrook

Rob Lankey has been appointed by Shawbrook Bank to the position of director of...

Impact Specialist Finance grows commercial finance team

Impact Specialist Finance has appointed ex-senior HSBC corporate relationship director Clive Smith as a...

Forget Brexit – the development fundamentals haven’t changed

There’s no doubt about it, it’s certainly been a newsworthy couple of weeks when...

West One Loans provides £5.5m development finance facility

West One Loans has teamed up with venture capital group ME Developments for a...

Aldermore passes £1bn development lending milestone

Aldermore has surpassed £1bn in property development loans following a surge in demand from...

Female SME business owners say they struggle to be taken seriously

17% of female bosses at UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), or 307,900 firms...

New HQ for asset finance lender

Praetura Asset Finance is moving to larger premises following expansion as well as planning...

Assetz Capital breaks £700m SME lending barrier

Peer-to-peer lender Assetz Capital has now lent more than £700m to SMEs and property...

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...

Latest news

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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