Commercial

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...

Oblix Capital reprices its development finance offering

  Oblix Capital has restructured pricing across its development finance range. The London based specialist lender's development...

SME lender appoints senior underwriter

Spotcap UK, lender to small and medium sized businesses, has appointed Andrew Caulfield as...

Sirius Property Finance reports record month

Sirius Property Finance as reported its biggest month to date in June, completing on...

Brightstar unveils sponsorship programme for young people

Brightstar Financial has launched its Young Brightstars sponsorship programme. The specialist distributor has provided bursaries...

Shawbrook Commercial adds to short-term lending range

Shawbrook Bank has released an option in its short-term lending range for lending for...

Asset finance market reports further growth in May

New figures released by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that asset finance...

BFS now writing one in five of all invoice finance deals

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) made £220m in funding available to UK businesses during the...

Shawbrook appoints head of networks

Caroline Mirakian, formerly of Metro Bank, has joined Shawbrook Bank as head of networks...

Oblix funds £4.5m exit for Thistle Finance developer

Thistle Finance has completed £4.5m exit facility on a residential development in Gosport through...

InterBay Commercial partners with Brightstar for £18m loan

InterBay Commercial has teamed up with Brightstar Financial to expedite a loan of over £18m...

FIBA introduces Professional Partners Panel

Trade body FIBA has established a Professional Partners Panel. It is designed to provide advisers...

Bibby Financial Services makes Yorkshire appointment

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed Lauren Maloney as a business development manager (BDM),...

COMMENT

With great power comes great responsibility

There has been a huge amount in the press about the “feudal” system of leasehold and how the government’s revitalised commonhold will fix all...

Don’t rein me in

For many years, major financial institutions and large retailers have understood the benefits of presenting their customers with complementary products alongside their core offering. Banks...

More questions now surround the home moving digital journey

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published its highly anticipated Home Buying and Selling Reform Roadmap, representing the most aggressive...

Stability has value: why the latest Bank Base Rate hold matters

The Bank of England's decision to maintain Bank Base Rate (BBR) at 3.75% may not have generated the excitement that often accompanies a rate...

If you motivate an idiot you just get stupid things done quicker

There's a lot of excitement about artificial intelligence in the mortgage industry right now. Nearly nine in 10 mortgage brokers want technology to play...

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The West Brom promotes Gareth Madeley to chief customer officer

West Brom Building Society has appointed Gareth Madeley as its new chief customer officer,...

Industry leaders unite behind MIMHC Lunch

HSBC UK, Virgin Money, Nottingham Building Society, Landbay and top broker firms Mortgage Advice...

Santander raises foreign national mortgage lending to 90% LTV

Santander UK has expanded its foreign national mortgage policy by increasing the maximum loan-to-value...

Keystone passes £2bn in securitisation issuance with sixth Hops Hill deal

Keystone Property Finance has completed its sixth securitisation, taking total issuance under its Hops...

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