Commercial

The House Crowd unveils development finance proposition

The House Crowd has launched a property development finance offering, which aims to help...

Record lending levels for Together

Together has reported record levels of lending in its results for the year ended...

Shawbrook appoints head of growth capital

Shawbrook Bank has appointed William Chappel to run its new growth capital business. Chappel (pictured),...

Mantra passes £0.5bn completion mark

Boutique commercial finance consultancy, Mantra Capital, has arranged over £0.5 billion of specialist loan...

Glenhawk secures £75m funding line

Glenhawk, the recently launched specialist UK property lender, has secured an initial £75 million...

Octane Capital joins FIBA

Octane Capital has signed up to the Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA). It is the first...

Record month in applications for Oblix Capital

Oblix Capital has reported that August was a record month for bridging and development...

MTF appoints BDM

MTF has appointed Richard Sherman has a new business development manager. Sherman (pictured) joins...

£150m funding for LendInvest

LendInvest has secured £150 million of initial funding from investment bank Nomur and alternative...

Connect bolsters commercial lending team

Connect for Intermediaries has appointed a commercial lending specialist to its commercial team. Gareth Norman...

Subsea technology innovator secures £500k growth funding

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has provided a £500,000 export finance facility to Subsea Technologies...

Reward funds nursery acquisition

The Go Wild Bury Private Day Nursery & Creche is now operating under new...

Clear majority of SMEs lack succession plan

64% of bosses of UK’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) do not have a...

IGF increases UK SME lending by 76%

Commercial finance provider Independent Growth Finance (IGF) has reported year-on-year growth in the year to June 2018, with...
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networks

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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Buy-to-let

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...
News

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...
Appointments

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

Family Building Society has appointed Paul Ormonde as a business development manager covering Central...
funding

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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