Commercial

Takeover bid for Shawbrook Bank

Shawbrook Bank has confirmed that it has received a takeover bid for the business...

Octopus in four-day turnaround on large commercial bridge

Octopus Property has completed an urgent commercial bridging loan to fund the acquisition of a £24m...

Trio of appointments for Goldentree

Goldentree Financial Services has announced three appointments. Scott Hannah moves to a business development manager...

Shawbrook Commercial introduces March cost-savings

Shawbrook Commercial Mortgages has revealed plans for a range of cost-saving initiatives for brokers’ clients...

Record year of profits for Aldermore

Aldermore has reported that underlying profit before tax increased by 34% year-on-year in 2016...

DM Hall appoints East of Scotland head of agency

Scottish chartered surveying firm DM Hall has appointed a senior commercial professional to its East Coast-based...

BFS opens new Wales office

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) is opening a new office in Wales. The SME funder supports more...

Landlords shifting towards commercial loans

The proportion of landlords intending to take out commercial loans to fund their property...

Shawbrook makes commercial sales promotions

Shawbrook is restructuring its commercial mortgages’ field sales team. The move includes four promotions in...

Together strengthens development finance team

Together has appointed a new head of development funding. Ian Pickering, who has worked for...

Trio joins Complete FS

Complete FS has announced the arrival of three new members of staff to its...

Shawbrook’s E-AIP grows in popularity

Shawbrook’s commercial mortgages team has reported that January 2017 was the most successful month to...

Pair join Together’s commercial team

Together has announced two appointments to its commercial team. David Walsh (pictured, centre) has joined as...

IGF provides £4.5m ABL deal

IGF, the commercial finance provider for SMEs, has recently delivered a £4.5 million asset...

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...

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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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