Commercial

Government urged to improve access to finance for property SMEs

LendInvest is calling on the UK government to forge better partnerships with the alternative...

Aldermore funds £6m commercial property development facility

Acre Invest has agreed a £6.27m funding package with Aldermore, to build a large...

UK company bad debt up by £580m

Debt owed to UK businesses across the core 11 sectors was £580m higher in...

ArchOver launches R&D funding bridge

Peer to peer business lending platform ArchOver is helping businesses to bridge the funding gap...

Landlords seeking to diversify in hunt for better yields

51% of brokers in the UK have been approached by landlords looking to diversify...

Invoice finance and asset-based lending up 5%

UK Finance has reported that invoice finance and asset-based lending stood at £23.4 billion...

Shawbrook Commercial hires lending manager

Shawbrook Bank has revealed that Stewart Paine has joined the commercial property team as...

Four lenders confirmed at Clever Lending specialist forums

Clever Lending has announced the four specialist lenders who will be participating at its upcoming...

Brexit fears hitting asset finance sector

67% of brokers operating in the asset finance sector think that Brexit is causing...

Over one-third of SMEs think UK should remain in Single Market

Confidence among the the country's smallest companies has recovered to 2015 levels, according to...

Lack of funding hitting UK SME finances

23% of SMEs, representing 1.27 million small and medium sized businesses across the UK, are...

Mixed February for the asset finance sector

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has reported that asset finance new business (primarily...

Black Book Finance arranges £5m Shawbrook development facility

Shawbrook Bank's development finance team has supported another new funding facility working alongside Black...

Champ and Matthews to leave Shawbrook

Sales managers Marc Champ and Steve Matthews are to leave Shawbrook in order to...

COMMENT

Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage advisers, brokers, and, increasingly, customers directly. One thing comes up time...

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Latest news

CHL cuts buy-to-let rates by up to 25bps

CHL Mortgages has reduced rates across its short-term let and limited edition buy-to-let ranges. The...

Darlington cuts rates across buy-to-let and specialist ranges

Darlington Building Society has reduced mortgage rates by up to 50bps across its buy-to-let,...

HTB backs £2.4m Mitcham scheme

Hampshire Trust Bank has provided a £2.4m development finance facility for a mixed-use scheme in...

The Mansfield reports record mortgage lending for second year running

Mansfield Building Society has reported record mortgage lending for the second successive year, after...

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