Commercial

The Saffron offers smaller development loans

The Saffron Building Society has unveiled a new, smaller development finance loan for people...

Secure Trust Bank supports tech company acquisition

Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance has provided a £2.15m funding package to NJ Russel...

Together salvages renovation with short-term loan

Together has saved a renovation project after completing a £135,800 short-term loan in five...

Roma Finance launches in Scotland

Roma Finance is now offering introducers in Scotland access to its bridging and development...

BFS director appointed to Institute of Export and International Trade board

Kash Ahmad, Bibby Financial Services' (BFS) specialist director, has been appointed to the board...

BUDGET 2018: business rates relief for smaller businesses

The Chancellor, Philip Hammond, announced that smaller business will receive a business rate cut...

InterBay cuts commercial rates and allows dual legal representation for bridging

InterBay Commercial has reduced rates across its commercial and semi commercial products. It has also...

Two new senior BDMs for Kent Reliance

Kent Reliance has announced the appointment of Krissy Salmon and Simon Ward as senior...

BFS to launch SME insurance business

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) is to launch a new on-demand insurance business for SMEs...

CSF offering new Shawbrook Refurb-to-Let semi-exclusive

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has joined up with Shawbrook Bank to launch the lender’s...

Connect for Intermediaries unveils unsecured lending panel

Connect for Intermediaries has introduced a new unsecured lending panel for business loans. The panel...

Aldermore reaches £200m annual invoice finance milestone

Over the past 12 months Aldermore has agreed over £200m of new invoice finance...

One-third of SMEs can’t operate without EU imports

A third of the 1.1 million UK SMEs with EU suppliers would be unable...

F4B restructures as sales director leaves

Finance 4 Business (F4B) has announced a restructuring of its leadership team and the...

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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