Commercial

Clever Lending joins HLP panel 

Clever Lending has joined the HomeLoan Partnership (HLP) network as a provider of second...

Bibby boosts its Manchester business funding

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has increased its funding to Manchester businesses by 26%, as it...

NACFB celebrates record growth levels

The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) has revealed that it now works...

BFS bolsters its Yorkshire and Humber business funding

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has increased its funding to Yorkshire & Humber businesses by...

Funding Circle expands business development team

Funding Circle has hired Neil Mullane, formerly head of business and corporate banking for...

Shawbrook unveils digital application process

Shawbrook Bank Commercial Mortgages has launched a new digital application service – E-AIP -...

BFS grows its Birmingham business funding

SME funder, Bibby Financial Services (BFS), has increased its funding to Birmingham businesses by...

P2P provider appoints Target

Target Group has been appointed to provide standby servicing to Ratesetter, a peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform....

Together celebrates best ever month for lending

Together has revealed that it completed £105 million new lending in March 2016, with...

Key promotion at Ultimate Finance

Ultimate Finance has announced that Richard Waldman has been promoted to group sales director...

UTB offers new residential improvement loans

United Trust Bank has introduced a new flexible 'Residential Property Improvement Loans' product, aimed...

Network extends arrangement with specialist distributor

The Right Mortgage network (TRM) has extended its panel partnership agreement with Crystal Specialist...

Source Commercial expands online landlord portfolio proposition

Source Commercial has announced the addition of Covea to its online landlord portfolio panel....

£400m in pensions used to fund businesses

Since the so-called 'pension freedoms' came into force a year ago, business owners aged...

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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...

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Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage...

First-time buyers turning to side hustles to bridge deposit gap

Almost half of aspiring first-time buyers are using secondary income streams to help fund...

Vida cuts residential rates and loosens criteria for self-employed and contractor borrowers

Vida has reduced selected residential mortgage rates by up to 106 basis points and...

Iress adds AI underwriting tool to The Exchange in protection push

Iress has struck a deal with The Interesting Life Company to offer an AI-powered...

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