Commercial

Together appoints general counsel

Nigel Dale is to join Together as its general counsel. He is currently a banking...

Bibby moves into FX market

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) is to launch a new foreign exchange division in 2016...

OneSavings Bank hires sales chief

OneSavings Bank has announced the appointment of Adrian Moloney as its new sales director...

Together appoints group valuations manager

Andrew Murdoch has joined specialist lender Together as group valuations manager, following 12 years with...

Triodos Bank reaches £250m lending milestone

Triodos Bank arranged lending facilities totalling more than £25m to seven different housing association customers...

RBS provides Williams & Glyn disposal update

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc has published an update on its progress in...

Commercial specialist joins Largemortgageloans.com

Largemortgageloans.com has made a new appointment to its senior management team. Charles Ayton joins as...

Expect evolution not revolution in commercial lending

The amount of investors looking at properties outside of the ‘traditional’ residential buy-to-let is...

Shawbrook makes regional support appointment

Shawbrook Bank has recruited a new regional support executive. Lee Warne joins its commercial mortgages division with...

Asset finance market continues to grow

Asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) grew by 3% in October,...

Advisers ignorant about alternative finance

The alternative finance industry needs to do much more to reach out to advisers,...

Brightstar expands commercial finance team

Brightstar Financial has appointed a new commercial finance specialist who will specialise in the...

SME peer-to-peer lender acquired

SME secured lending platform ThinCats has been acquired by a new market entrant. ESF...

Bridgebank Capital reports growth in demand

The Bridgebank Capital Group has reported almost £35 million of loan advances in the last...

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Trump’s crazy tariffs could actually be good news for UK landlords

In an unexpected twist, Donald Trump’s return to the global stage with a fresh wave of tariffs could end up doing UK landlords a...

The business case for Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been part of the daily news agenda for a couple of years now and there are tremendous opportunities for the...

Rise of AI: from virtual assistants to strategic value

Artificial Intelligence is transforming industries. It’s streamlining operations, creating new possibilities. The shift is no longer theoretical, even in the mortgage industry; it’s now...

Imposter syndrome & anxiety: how nutrition and lifestyle can help

Have you ever felt like a fraud, despite your achievements? Like you don’t truly deserve your success, and at any moment, someone will find...

Don’t knock 100% mortgages – they’re viable and necessary

I’ve read a lot of commentary over the past few weeks on the return of 100% mortgages – most of it filled with doom-laden...

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West One reduces residential mortgage rates by up to 30bps and introduces £1,000 cashback remortgage product

Specialist lender West One Loans has implemented a series of rate reductions across its...

Household credit creeps up as lenders point to more optimism… but at a cost

British households are borrowing more – and lenders are increasingly willing to let them...

Newcastle cuts shared ownership rates by up to 55bps

Newcastle for Intermediaries has announced rate reductions of up to 55 basis point s...

Paragon Bank promotes Tim Sweetman to national account role

Paragon Bank has appointed Tim Sweetman as its new mortgages national account manager, marking...