Commercial

Market Financial Solutions cuts commercial and semi-commercial rates and upgrades Fusion Premier

Market Financial Solutions has reduced rates across its commercial and semi-commercial buy-to-let mortgage ranges...

Aldermore announces new invoice finance appointment

Aldermore has appointed Scott Pendlebury as business development manager for the North within its...

Mortgage industry’s biggest ever charity night sells out

The mortgage industry’s biggest ever charitable event of the year has officially sold out...

Just Wealth nears 600 client referrals via Just Refer

Just Wealth, the financial services arm of national brokerage Just Mortgages, is approaching 600...

Paragon bolsters SME lending team with two new BDMs

Paragon Bank has expanded its SME lending division with the appointment of two new...

Skipton Business Finance appoints new head of restructuring and recoveries

Skipton Business Finance has strengthened its senior leadership team with the appointment of Katrina...

Atom bank ‘saves hotel £145k a year’ with refinance

Atom bank has helped a Birmingham hotel save £145,000 a year by refinancing a...

Liberty Leasing expands funding capacity to £10m through United Trust Bank

Liberty Leasing has increased its block discounting facility with United Trust Bank (UTB) by...

Funding 365 and SPF Arrange £3.2m bridging for Belgravia properties

Funding 365 has completed a 0.72% per month semi-commercial bridging loan and a 0.79%...

Aspen combines two projects under £4.3m bridge-to-let

Aspen has provided a £4.3 million bridge-to-let facility to an experienced family property business,...

Allica Bank acquires fintech Kriya in £1bn SME lending push

Allica Bank has acquired Kriya, the SME credit and payments fintech formerly known as...

Arc & Co. secures £1.5m Islamic finance deal for Nottingham office

Specialist adviser Arc & Co. has arranged a £1.49 million Islamic finance facility secured...

Retiring owners drive growth in demand for business acquisition funding

Retirement plans among small business owners are fuelling a growing wave of business sales...

British Business Bank given new five-year mandate to boost UK growth

The British Business Bank has pledged to deliver a “step change” in finance for...

COMMENT

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...

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Why you need to know what sits behind the average review score

There’s a funny thing about review scores. The better they are, the less likely we are to question them. If a company is sitting at...

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Millions of households exposed to financial shocks despite apparent stability

Millions of UK households that appear financially secure could struggle to absorb an unexpected...

The Mortgage Hut adopts Instamo tool to speed up mortgage applications

The Mortgage Hut has introduced Instamo's FastSubmit technology to reduce the amount of manual...

FCA sets out timetable for major expansion of anti-money laundering supervision

The FCA expects to begin taking over anti-money laundering supervision of legal, accountancy and...

MAB revenue rises as refinancing drives mortgage completions

Mortgage Advice Bureau reported an 8.6% increase in first-half revenue to £161.0m as higher...

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