Commercial

Shawbrook introduces bridging fixed rates

Shawbrook Commercial Mortgages has updated its pricing for short term and regulated bridging product...

BoE moves to boost lending following Brexit vote

The Bank of England has released £150 billion to banks and households following the...

Shawbrook makes property finance staff changes

Shawbrook Bank has announced a series of personnel changes following the recent combination of...

BFS unveils apprenticeship scheme

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has launched an apprenticeship scheme to find new talent for...

EXCLUSIVE: rebrand for specialist distributor

Brilliant Solutions has announced the rebranding of its business, the latest part in the distributor's transformation over...

“Landmark” judgement in negligent valuation case

A law firm has claimed that a Court of Appeal judgment in a professional...

New Manchester head of sales for Bibby

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed Melanie Ince as head of sales for Manchester. Previously...

Dragonfly funds avant garde London development

Dragonfly Property Finance has funded an exclusive mixed-use development comprising eight supposed avant garde...

Shawbrook unifies commercial and secured lending divisions

Shawbrook Bank has combined its commercial and secured lending divisions into a combined property...

Together: We’ll support brokers through Brexit 

Following the uncertainty stemming from the referendum decision last week to leave the European...

Hitachi Capital in NACFB membership promotion

Hitachi Capital Business Finance brokers have been give the opportunity to receive £250 off...

Shawbrook admits asset finance “irregularities”

Shawbrook Group has reported issues with its asset finance lending and the departure of...

Aldermore outlines 2016 training programme

Aldermore has launched its 2016 training programme, consisting of three workshops to support up-and-coming...

Shawbrook reduces term loan ERCs

Shawbrook Bank has altered its Early Repayment Charge (ERC) structure, removing the 1% overhang that...

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How small and medium-sized lenders can fix the origination headache

We are constantly told that to fix the mortgage journey, we need to rip everything out and start again. That unless a lender replaces its...

A new PM brings a new opportunity to rethink housing policy

Politics, as it seems to do in recent times, has moved at remarkable speed over the last couple of weeks. In what feels like...

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...

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How small and medium-sized lenders can fix the origination headache

We are constantly told that to fix the mortgage journey, we need to rip...

Halifax Intermediaries to rebrand as Lloyds Intermediaries

Halifax Intermediaries will rebrand to Lloyds Intermediaries in early 2027. The lender said there will...

OMS secures two CRM contract renewals

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

Barclays cuts mortgage rates

Barclays is reducing rates across its range of residential purchase, remortgage and existing customer...

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