Commercial

Reward Funding raises £21,000 for Rainbow Trust charity

Reward Funding has raised £21,000 for the Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity after a year-long...

FOLK2FOLK names new chief executive as focus turns to SME growth

Peer-to-peer business lender FOLK2FOLK has appointed Kawai Chung as its new chief executive officer,...

OMS adds DocuSign e-signature integration to streamline mortgage process

One Mortgage System (OMS) has integrated DocuSign into its platform, allowing brokers and lenders...

Mortgage Business Expo London confirms full seminar line-up for October

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) has confirmed the full seminar programme for its London event,...

West One Loans: specialist finance is vital to meeting housing targets

Specialist finance could prove decisive in helping the UK tackle its housing shortfall, according...

Cynergy backs Steel Dynamics with £17m funding package

Cynergy Business Finance has provided a £17m asset-based lending facility to Lancashire-based Steel Dynamics...

StreamBank joins New Leaf lender panel to expand broker access

StreamBank has been added to the New Leaf Distribution lender panel, a move that...

WeDo Business Finance strengthens growth drive with senior hire

WeDo Business Finance has appointed Aman Gill as head of credit risk and underwriting,...

4Syte secures £100m funding facility from NatWest and British Business Bank

Specialist finance provider 4Syte has agreed a new facility of up to £100m with...

Connect for Intermediaries add StreamBank to panel

Connect has added StreamBank to its lending panel and giving its appointed representatives access...

Brokers invited to shape landmark study on private credit in property finance

Mera Investment Management has teamed up with academics at the London School of Economics...

Planning approvals fall as residential development slows

Planning activity across England slowed in the second quarter of 2025, with the number...

Together lifts loan book to record £7.9bn as profits rise

Together Financial Services reported a record loan book and higher profits for the year...

Nigel Robbins joins MT Finance as national account manager

MT Finance has appointed Nigel Robbins as its new national account manager and coincides...

COMMENT

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...

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Why you need to know what sits behind the average review score

There’s a funny thing about review scores. The better they are, the less likely we are to question them. If a company is sitting at...

Latest news

Landbay adds 11 tracker products and cuts rates by up to 15bps

Landbay has expanded its buy-to-let tracker range with 11 new products and reduced rates...

Howden expands in North Wales with Wrexham office

Howden has opened its first commercial insurance office in Wrexham as the broker expands...

UK buyers reluctant to compromise despite affordability pressures

UK homebuyers remain committed to purchasing a property but are less willing than buyers...

Keystone trims buy-to-let fixed rates by up to 15bps

Keystone Property Finance has reduced pricing across a number of its buy-to-let mortgage ranges,...

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