Commercial

InterBay onsite underwriter appointed at Complete FS

Complete FS has revealed that an onsite underwriter from commercial lending specialist lender, Interbay,...

Aldermore reaches £1bn wholesale lending milestone

Aldermore has delivered over £1bn worth of wholesale & structured funding since launching the...

Cabot Square Capital takes majority stake in MSP Capital

Cabot Square Capital has acquired a majority stake in MSP Capital, a specialist provider...

Signature Private Finance creates sales director role

Short-term property finance firm Signature Private Finance has appointed Jon Preston as its first...

New regional sales director for Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance

Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance has appointed John Copping as its regional sales director...

£1m funding line for outdoor media advertiser

Open Outdoor Media (OPEN) has secured asset finance and invoice finance facilities worth £1...

BFS provides aerospace firm with £2.5m facility

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has provided a £2.5 million invoice discounting facility to Martin...

Gatehouse Bank unveils commercial property finance proposition

Gatehouse Bank has introduced a new range of commercial property finance products. The bank is...

OneSavings Bank reports “strong performance”

OneSavings Bank (OSB) has reported loan book growth of 16% for the nine months...

Record October for Reward Finance Group

Reward Finance Group, the Leeds and Manchester-based alternative finance provider, lent £7m across 23...

FIBA provides overseas mortgage advice facility to members

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) has added overseas property and finance specialist, Simon...

Brokers increasingly focussing on maximum LTVs

Knowledge Bank has revealed that maximum loan to value was in the top five of...

InterBay Commercial hires senior BDM for the Midlands

InterBay Commercial has appointed Matthew Taylor as a senior business development manager to cover...

Record quarter for Octopus Property

Specialist property lender Octopus Property originated £100 million of new lending in October, a...

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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