Commercial

160% Midlands’ transaction growth for BFS

Invoice finance provider Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has increased funding for corporate businesses in...

Ultimate Finances hires regional director

Ultimate Finance has appointed Neil Curtis as regional director of Asset Finance in its...

Record quarterly completions for Crystal Specialist Finance

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) agreed £503.1m in applications from July to September. The latest figure,...

New recruits from Shawbrook graduate scheme

Shawbrook Bank has announced the arrival of three new hires to its commercial mortgages...

Too many Expos?

I can’t be the only one to wonder at the mushrooming number of Expo...

Best completions quarter for Shawbrook Commercial

Shawbrook Bank has revealed that the third quarter of 2016 was its most successful to date...

Lloyds Bank waives SME loan arrangement fees

Lloyds Bank has unveiled a new offer which will see arrangement fees for term...

Fortwell Capital backs five large developments

Fortwell Capital has provided over £50 million of funding in one week, including £30...

New BDM for United Trust Bank

United Trust Bank (UTB) has recruited Steve Grant as a new property finance business...

Cost of small business disruption calculated

Over 550,000 small businesses in the UK have been forced to halt trading due to...

LendInvest Development Finance counts the miles

LendInvest has revealed that its development finance team has travelled over 2,500 miles in...

£12k cost of starting a new business

The average cost of starting up a new business is £12,601, according to new...

Shawbrook continues commercial partner days

Shawbrook Bank's commercial mortgage team has welcomed over a hundred brokers to its annual...

Atom Bank joins Connect panel

Connect for Intermediaries has added Atom Bank to its mortgage lender panel. The specialist buy-to-let...
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COMMENT

Commonhold and Leasehold Reform

With great power comes great responsibility

There has been a huge amount in the press about the “feudal” system of leasehold and how the government’s revitalised commonhold will fix all...

Don’t rein me in

For many years, major financial institutions and large retailers have understood the benefits of presenting their customers with complementary products alongside their core offering. Banks...

More questions now surround the home moving digital journey

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published its highly anticipated Home Buying and Selling Reform Roadmap, representing the most aggressive...

Stability has value: why the latest Bank Base Rate hold matters

The Bank of England's decision to maintain Bank Base Rate (BBR) at 3.75% may not have generated the excitement that often accompanies a rate...

If you motivate an idiot you just get stupid things done quicker

There's a lot of excitement about artificial intelligence in the mortgage industry right now. Nearly nine in 10 mortgage brokers want technology to play...

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Technology

Ageas teams up with Source Insurance

Ageas UK has joined Source's Insurance panel, expanding access to its home insurance products...
Homebuying

Buyer demand falls 15% year-on-year

Political uncertainty and higher borrowing costs have led to a 15% year-on-year fall in...
Appointments

Mortgage Advice Bureau hires new group CFO

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has named Jo Stent as its next group chief financial...
Technology

OMS launches protection referral partnership with The Insurance Surgery

One Mortgage System (OMS), the CRM and loan origination platform for intermediaries and lenders,...

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