Commercial

BUDGET 2016: the speech in full

Mr Deputy Speaker, Today I report on an economy set to grow faster than any...

Together funds rescue deal for 218 homes

Together and Creative Commercial Funding have completed a loan for £1.75 million that saved...

Shawbrook hires commercial mortgage product manager

Shawbrook Bank has announced the appointment of Steven Fitzhugh into the new role of product...

UTB posts pre-tax profit rise

United Trust Bank (UTB) has reported a 67% increase in profits after tax to...

Bridgebank offers new STL deal

Bridgebank Capital Group has launched a new commercial investment product, which aims to improve the value...

Together upsizes securitisation to £1bn

Together has announced the upsizing of its Charles Street securitisation programme by £325m. This brings...

Continued growth for the asset finance market

Asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) grew by 3% in January...

2015 an “excellent year” for Aldermore

Aldermore has reported an increase in lending for 2015 across all of the sector...

Pivot Finance selects Target technology

Bridging and development finance lender Pivot Finance has chosen Target Group to provide its Bluechip...

InterBay unveils interest-only commercial investment option

InterBay Commercial has made new changes to its pricing and criteria for commercial investment. Following...

New associate member for the ASTL

CG Recovery has joined the Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) as an associate...

Commercial finance, tax hikes and corporate structures

There has been much debate in the industry around whether or not setting up...

EQUIS reports 30% increase in loans written

EQUIS has revealed that its members wrote loans worth over £1.1 billion in 2015, representing...

2015 a “brilliant year” for the bridging sector

The latest West One Bridging Index has found that gross annual bridging lending surpassed...

COMMENT

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...

Latest news

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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