Commercial

Barclays takes stake in MarketInvoice

Barclays is partnering with online invoice financing platform MarketInvoice. The bank has committed to a...

IGF appoints asset based lending director

Independent Growth Finance (IGF) has announced the appointment of Neil Kindness as asset based...

Foresight ups investment in Reward Finance to £50m

Reward Finance Group has secured an additional £10m investment from Foresight Group LLP, to...

Reducing red tape key to regenerating SME house building sector

A United Trust Bank poll of brokers working in development finance has revealed the...

Clever Lending and Your Expert Group adopt OMS

One Mortgage System (OMS) has been selected by Clever Lending and Your Expert Group. Clever...

£8bn threat to commercial property owners

Commercial property owners could be hit for more than £8.6 billion if they fail...

Investec Asset Finance makes sales appointment

Investec Asset Finance (IAF) has appointed David Lavin to its broker introduced sales team. The...

FCA begins crowdfunding consultation

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is proposing to change to the rules for crowdfunding...

Arbuthnot Commercial funds Pyroban growth 

Arbuthnot Commercial ABL has reveal details of its latest deal with Pyroban, an international...

Paragon’s mortgage lending up 7%

Paragon has published its third quarter trading update. It shows a 7% increase in total...

Q2 rise in demand for bridging finance

Bridging lender MTF's latest Broker Sentiment Survey has found that property investors are increasingly turning to...

Positive Commercial Finance see 300% growth in first half of 2018

Specialist commercial finance broker Positive Commercial Finance has reported its best ever set of...

Paragon funds fintech firm’s growth

UK Fintech firm PayBreak has secured funding for growth via £15m from Paragon. PayBreak, based...

United Trust Bank grows development finance team

United Trust Bank (UTB) has announced the appointment of two new property development managers...

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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