Commercial

Experian moves to tackle invoice fraud

A new facility from Experian, Bank Wizard Absolute, aims to tackle the rapidly growing...

Roma Finance lowers rates

Roma Finance has unveiled an updated product range. The Manchester-based bridging finance and development lender plans...

Major improvement in access to finance say SMEs

44% of small and medium-sized firms applying for development finance over the past year...

Together appoints general counsel

Nigel Dale is to join Together as its general counsel. He is currently a banking...

Bibby moves into FX market

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) is to launch a new foreign exchange division in 2016...

OneSavings Bank hires sales chief

OneSavings Bank has announced the appointment of Adrian Moloney as its new sales director...

Together appoints group valuations manager

Andrew Murdoch has joined specialist lender Together as group valuations manager, following 12 years with...

Triodos Bank reaches £250m lending milestone

Triodos Bank arranged lending facilities totalling more than £25m to seven different housing association customers...

RBS provides Williams & Glyn disposal update

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc has published an update on its progress in...

Commercial specialist joins Largemortgageloans.com

Largemortgageloans.com has made a new appointment to its senior management team. Charles Ayton joins as...

Expect evolution not revolution in commercial lending

The amount of investors looking at properties outside of the ‘traditional’ residential buy-to-let is...

Shawbrook makes regional support appointment

Shawbrook Bank has recruited a new regional support executive. Lee Warne joins its commercial mortgages division with...

Asset finance market continues to grow

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

Advisers ignorant about alternative finance

The alternative finance industry needs to do much more to reach out to advisers,...

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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