Commercial

PRA bans and fines Co-op Bank pair

The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has banned Barry Tootell, the former CEO of the...

Commercial outlook for 2016 remains positive

Brokers believes that regulatory changes will be top of of the list of challenges...

Dragonfly celebrates best ever month

Dragonfly Property Finance has revealed that it had its biggest month ever in December...

Strong monthly growth in asset finance

Asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) grew by 10% in November...

Shawbrook unveils new residential investment deals

Shawbrook Bank has made changes to its Residential Investment range, including new products and...

BFS boosts business funding in Liverpool

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has reported an increase in its funding to Liverpool businesses...

Boost Capital appoints new BDM

Boost Capital has appointed Tom Fox as business development manager (BDM). He will be responsible...

Only minority of SMEs expect Q1 growth

Business funder Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has found that only 36% of UK SMEs...

SMEs warned over cost of data protection hacking

Law firm Moore Blatch has warned that SMEs could suffer disproportionately due to a...

Shawbrook appoints business finance MD

Shawbrook Group plc has announced that Simon Featherstone has joined as managing director of its business finance...

New brand identity for Y3S Group

Cardiff-based specialist finance group Y3S has unveiled its latest brand identity,overhauling it for the first time...

FHL sees ‘substantial’ growth in limited company BTL enquiries

Foundation Home Loans (FHL) has reported that, since launching with pricing for its limited...

Aldermore reduces limited company BTL rates

Aldermore has cut rates on its range of specialist limited company (single residential unit) buy-to-let products. The...

Colin Bell joins Hampshire Trust to spearhead commercial launch

Colin Bell has become managing director of commercial mortgages at Hampshire Trust Bank. He has...

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...

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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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