Commercial

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...

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...

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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