Commercial

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...

Paula Purdy joins Octopus Property as BDM

Octopus Property has appointed Paula Purdy as business development manager (BDM) for the north...

BFS provides £5m facility to meat wholesaler

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has provided a £5m invoice finance facility to Nigel Fredericks...

Brightstar partners with The Right Mortgage & Protection Network

Brightstar Financial has joined up with The Right Mortgage & Protection Network to distribute...

New branding and website for Sirius Property Finance

Sirius Property Finance has launched a new website and branding. The new branding was developed...

Brokers’ top searches in September revealed

The latest Criteria Activity Tracker provided by Knowledge Bank has revealed the most searched...

Strong growth for asset finance market

Latest figures from the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that asset finance new...

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...

Latest news

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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