Commercial

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...

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...

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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