Commercial

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...

Together reports “solid performance” for last quarter

Together has reported that profit before tax for the first quarter of 2019 was...

Signature appoints lending manager in Scotland

Signature Private Finance has appointed Alan Coats as its latest lending manager. He will be...

Castle Trust partners with Platinum Options

Castle Trust has embarked upon a partnership with commercial specialist, Platinum Options, with an...

Asset finance market up 11% in March

Asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) grew by 11% in March,...

Fiduciam completes £9m development deal

Fiduciam has completed a £9m development loan for student accommodation in northern England. The firm...

D’Ammassa to leave Aldermore for White Oak UK

Carl D’Ammassa, Aldermore's group managing director for business finance, is to leave the bank...

£22m development funded by trio of lending sources

Lenders have worked together to fund a £22 million GDV development in central Peterborough. United...

Shawbrook revamps commercial investment product

Shawbrook’s commercial mortgages team has revised their commercial investment proposition. Changes include improved rates on...

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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ModaMortgages cuts rates with limited edition buy-to-let range

ModaMortgages has launched a limited edition buy-to-let range with rates reduced by up to...

First-time buyers face confidence gap as unexpected costs and delays mount

Nine in 10 first-time buyers believe they understand the home-buying process before starting, but...

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

Family Building Society has appointed Paul Ormonde as a business development manager covering Central...

LendInvest raises £300m through latest Mortimer securitisation

LendInvest has completed its eighth Mortimer residential mortgage-backed securitisation, securing £300 million of funding...

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