Commercial

Shawbrook offers HMO Hybrid valuation report

Shawbrook Bank has introduced a HMO Hybrid report option for valuations. Available on all small HMOs up...

Shawbrook completes urgent bridge in three days

Shawbrook Bank's commercial mortgages has stepped in to provide a vital bridging loan for a client...

Modest asset finance growth predicted for 2017

Asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) grew by 5% in 2016,...

Brightstar secures best practice commendations

Brightstar Financial has received a number of best practice commendations following a recent National Association of...

New Shawbrook Academy schedule published

Shawbrook Bank has announced a new series of its Shawbrook Academy events for advisers. The...

LendInvest offering new refurb product

LendInvest has launched a new refurbishment finance product aimed at experienced property professionals. The refurbishment...

New associate member for ASTL

Begbies Traynor has become the latest associate member to join the Association of Short...

BFS appoints trade & international MD

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed Phil Tobin as managing director of trade and...

Trio join asset finance provider

Praetura Asset Finance has added three managerial appointments to its team. John Ingham is...

Shawbrook completes £2.7m short-term loan

Shawbrook Bank's commercial mortgages team has completed a £2.7m short-term loan refinance. The deal...

BFS backs sample book manufacturer

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has completed a new funding package with Sampling International, a sample...

Connect for Intermediaries launches residential permissions

Connect for Intermediaries has expanded its mortgage network proposition to now include residential permissions. The...

New BDM at Funding Circle

Funding Circle has appointed a new business development manager for the South West. Sarah Beard...

John Wheeler teams up with Paul Mumford again

John Wheeler has joined Century Capital as its new head of business development at Century Capital. Wheeler has...

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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