Commercial

New development finance guide published for SME house builders

A new guide by UK Finance and the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has...

Capify celebrates 10th anniversary

Alternative SME finance provider Capify has helped almost 10,000 UK SMEs is targeting £125...

Tuscan Capital expands short-term product offering

Tuscan Capital has expanded its range of short-term property funding solutions with the addition...

BFS provides £6.5m funding package

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has completed a £6.5m construction finance facility with Enigma Industrial...

LendInvest launches Bridge to Term transition service

LendInvest has cut its rates across its bridging product range and introduced a new...

Fintech ambassador confirmed for Finance Professional Show

The Prime Minister’s business ambassador for fintech, Alastair Lukies CBE, has been confirmed as...

Metro Bank provides £14m debt facility

Metro Bank has provided Auriga Holdings Ltd, a restaurant franchise business, with a £13.95...

Hampshire Trust completes its largest specialist deal to date

Hampshire Trust Bank's (HTB) specialist mortgages division has provided a £15m loan to a...

MFB for Intermediaries launches

Mortgages for Business has launched MFB for Intermediaries as part of a refresh of...

Octopus Property provides £12.7 million development loan

Specialist property lender Octopus Property has agreed to provide Saudi Arabian investor, Snabil Limited,...

Connect for Intermediaries publishes conference agenda

Connect for Intermediaries has released the full agenda for its conference, which takes place...

Mantra Capital arranges £2.8m commercial facility

Mantra Capital has arranged a £2.8m commercial loan facility at around 65% LTV for a...

Lendco to use BEP Systems’ origination software

BEP Systems is to provide Lendco with origination software for commercial mortgages, buy-to-let and...

Metro Bank provides £4m invoice finance line to healthcare specialist

Metro Bank has provided medical insourcing specialists, 18 Week Support Group, with a £4...

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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