Commercial

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...

Quantum Funding makes northern hire

Quantum Funding has appointed Rob Emmison as broker manager to increase regional support for...

Martin Gilsenan joins development finance lender

Martin Gilsenan has joined Iron Bridge Finance as its new director of sales. He will report...

Aldermore appoints invoice finance risk head

Aldermore has announced the appointment of Richard Baxter as head of risk for invoice...

New office for BFS

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) opened an office in Brentwood last week. The office will...

P2P platform joins UK Finance

ArchOver, a peer-to-peer (P2P) business lending platform, has become a member of UK Finance,...

Bridging introducer partners with Brightstar

Bridging Loan Hub will act as an introducer to Brightstar Financial for bridging, development and...

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...

Latest news

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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