Commercial

Shawbrook Commercial extends E-AIP service

Shawbrook’s commercial mortgages team has announced that the E-AIP platform is now available for...

Development finance hires for Fortwell Capital

Fortwell Capital has made two key appointments to its development finance operation. Arthur Jennings has...

Commercial broker gains FCA authorisation

Commercial finance broker Pegasus Funding Resources has been granted authorisation to carry out credit broking,...

BFS deal supports skiwear business

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has signed a £2.6 million funding deal to support skiwear...

Ultimate Finance reassures Northern businesses

Following an announcement from the government that future funding for small businesses in the north of England could be...

June growth for asset finance

Latest figures from the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that asset finance new...

Brightstar moves into invoice and asset finance

Brightstar Financial has launched its invoice and asset finance offering, following a seven month...

One in four SMEs suffer bad debt of over £10k

Over a quarter of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK, suffer...

Ultimate Finance hires senior South East regional director

Ultimate Finance Group has appointed Simon Adcock as senior regional director for the South...

Pair of promotions in Shawbrook commercial sales

Shawbrook Bank has promoted two senior commercial team members, following the recent merger of...

Profits up at Shawbrook

Shawbrook Bank has published its interim results for the six months to 30 June...

BBA: June lending reflects pre-referendum uncertainty

The British Bankers' Association (BBA) has reported that gross mortgage borrowing totalled £12.2 billion...

Ultimate Finance pledges post Brexit support for SMEs

Ultimate Finance Group has revealed that its total loan book to the UK SME sector has exceeded £100 million. It added that "significant further funds"...

Strong six months for Signature

Short-term property finance provider Signature Private Finance has reported a trebling of its loan...
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COMMENT

networks

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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Buy-to-let

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...
News

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...
Appointments

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

Family Building Society has appointed Paul Ormonde as a business development manager covering Central...
funding

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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