Commercial

LendInvest hires its first BDM for Southern England

LendInvest has appointed Andy Virgo as its first business development manager (BDM) for the...

Metro Bank in £10m care funding deal

Metro Bank has provided Capital Care Group with over £10.2 million in funding, which...

FP Show expands lending remit

The Finance Professional Show (FP Show) will take place on 8 November at Olympia in...

RM Secured Direct Lending invests in asset finance sector

RM Secured Direct Lending (RMDL) is to lend up to £10 million in loans...

Record month for Amicus Property Finance

Amicus Property Finance has announced a record month of lending in July at £72...

Trio of new broker BDMs for Together

Together has appointed three new business development managers to cover the North East, London...

Record results for Roma

Roma Finance has reported its most successful half year results. In the year to 30 June...

Sirius Property Finance expands team

Sirius Property Finance, a division of Brightstar, is expands its London office. The business works...

Together partners with Bamboo Auctions

Together has teamed up with Bamboo Auctions, an online property auction marketplace, to offer...

Together appoints commercial operations manager

Specialist lender Together has appointed Lesley Gardner as its new commercial operations manager. Gardner (pictured)...

Assetz Capital partners with Bud

Assetz Capital has partnered with financial account aggregator and marketplace, Bud. The peer-to-peer finance platform...

AOBP completes executive committee make-up

The Association of Bridging Professionals (AOBP) has appointed a fourth new member, Jordan McBriar,...

Brightstar creates three more departmental heads

Brightstar Financial has announced the promotions of three new department heads. Darren Perry, Paul Debney...

Govt regional initiatives not making impact on SMEs

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has warned that government plans to stimulate the economy through...

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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