Commercial

Everline expands intermediary team

Business e-lender Everline has appointed Norman Carson as senior business development manager.  Carson joins Everline with...

Shawbrook reports improved service improvement

Shawbrook Bank’s Commercial Mortgages division has published its service level agreement (SLA) figures for October. Over...

Company BTL on the rise following tax changes

Changes to the tax treatment of landlords have already triggered a surge in landlords...

Complete FS receives accolade from InterBay

Complete FS has been awarded Gold Key Partner status by commercial lender, InterBay. In 2013,...

Mint Bridging unveils refurb product

Mint Bridging has launched an 80% LTV bridging product, aimed at developers carrying out...

Brightstar reaches IIP gold standard

Brightstar has just achieved its Investors in People (IIP) Gold standard, one of only...

Duo joins Complete FS

Complete FS has appointed two new members of staff to its broker facing teams. Davinia...

Shawbrook promotes within STL team

Kim Wood has been promoted to the position of senior lending officer for Shawbrook’s...

No problems until 3% bank rate, brokers say

Over half of brokers who took part in United Trust Bank’s most recent survey...

Amicus funds £5m deal after stakeholder workshop

Amicus has concluded its biggest ever deal with Adapt Finance following its stakeholder workshop. A...

Brightstar reaches £1 billion milestone

Brightstar Financial has surpassed £1 billion in lending in four years. The loan that took...

Paragon posts 10% rise in profits

The Paragon Group of Companies has reported a 10.2% increase in underlying profit for...

24% of asset finance brokers concerned over EU referendum

78% of asset finance brokers surveyed think that having a conservative government has given SMEs the...

CPD success for Shawbrook’s senior relationship manager

Shawbrook Bank has announced that Sarah Woolf, senior relationship manager for the North East...

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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...