Commercial

DM Hall hires commercial property surveying pair

DM Hall has recruited two new Aberdeen-based commercial property surveyors to senior roles. Kevin Jackson joins as...

BFS revamps development finance package

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has restructured and relaunched a finance package designed specifically for...

Aldermore hires business development head

Aldermore has announced the appointment of Stuart Baty as head of business development –...

Specialist finance requires specialists

There is much talk of specialist lending within the marketplace at present and it’s...

Brightstar launches HNW division

Brightstar Financial has announced the launch of Sirius Private Clients, a new division that will...

Together features in Top Track 250

Together has been included in The Sunday Times/Grant Thornton Top Track 250 for 2016,...

InterBay Commercial cuts legal fees

InterBay Commercial has partnered with solicitors Paris Smith LLP to offer an exclusive lender...

Together announces new £375m bond

Specialist lender Together has closed a £375m bond issuance, which will increase its funding capacity. The new...

Brexit still worrying a large number of SMEs

Almost 25% of commercial finance brokers working in the asset finance sector expect that, over...

Shawbrook maintains commercial service levels

Shawbrook Bank has published its latest Performance Bulletin for its commercial mortgages division. With...

Keystone updates website

Keystone Property Finance has refreshed its website in a move designed to make it...

Bridging packager sees 30-40% business uplift

First 4 Bridging says it has seen a 30-40% increase in broker enquiries on bridging...

New qualification for asset finance sector

The London Institute of Banking & Finance has unveiled a new qualification for asset...

Santander pulls out of Williams & Glyn deal

Santander's deal to buy hundreds of branches from the Royal Bank of Scotland has fallen through. The bank had...

COMMENT

Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage advisers, brokers, and, increasingly, customers directly. One thing comes up time...

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Latest news

CHL cuts buy-to-let rates by up to 25bps

CHL Mortgages has reduced rates across its short-term let and limited edition buy-to-let ranges. The...

Darlington cuts rates across buy-to-let and specialist ranges

Darlington Building Society has reduced mortgage rates by up to 50bps across its buy-to-let,...

HTB backs £2.4m Mitcham scheme

Hampshire Trust Bank has provided a £2.4m development finance facility for a mixed-use scheme in...

The Mansfield reports record mortgage lending for second year running

Mansfield Building Society has reported record mortgage lending for the second successive year, after...

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