Commercial

Investec funds £5.1m Leeds co-working venture

Investec Structured Property Finance has agreed to provide RBH Properties with a £5.1 million...

Shawbrook refinances nine HMOs in £3.35m deal

Shawbrook Bank and the newest addition to its Strategic Partner panel, Sirius Property Finance,...

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...

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...

Latest news

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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