Commercial

7 in 10 brokers want a Hilary win

68% of brokers surveyed by United Trust Bank are banking on a Clinton win in...

Record pipeline for OneSavings Bank

OneSavings Bank plc (OSB), has published a trading update for the period from 1...

TFC Homeloans reaches CaseBldr milestone

TFC Homeloans has passed the £1bn mark in enquiries submitted to its broker software...

NACFB chief to step down

Adam Tyler, chief executive of the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB), has announced...

Land Registry reveals September price paid data

The latest Price Paid Data from the Land Registry includes details of over 95,300 residential...

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...

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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