Commercial

Packager to hold south coast buy-to-let event

Complete FS has announced the first of a series of seminars designed to help...

Bridging lender unveils forward funding product

Hope Capital has launched a new bridging loan for developers. The 'Marketing Bridge' is designed...

Shawbrook appoints operational support head

Kate Wilson has been promoted by Shawbrook Bank’s commercial mortgages division to become its new head...

Commercial broker celebrates positive ratings

Positive Commercial Finance has received over 100 ‘excellent’ reviews from brokers.  The specialist commercial and development broker...

Restaurants aren’t risky by nature

Nine out of 10 restaurants fail in their first year of trading. It’s a statistic...

Boost Capital appoints regional sales director

Boost Capital has announced the appointment of Leyton Jeffs as sales director for the...

Business development appointments at BFS

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has recruited Lisa Peters as business development manager (BDM) and Stuart...

Packager streamlines commercial completion times

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has unveiled its Packaging Portal, which allows direct access to...

Dragonfly backing new Fusion Residential development

Dragonfly Property Finance has funded the purchase, by design house Fusion Residential, of a site...

Sole-traders being alienated by banks

Over one million sole traders have been shunned by mainstream lenders, with nearly a third of...

Bibby helps manufacturing pair out of administration

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has provided £5 million of invoice financing to help the...

Residential property remains attractive investment opportunity

70% of owner managed businesses (OMB) believe that land allocated for residential property development...

Small businesses going legal over debt

The volume of County Court Judgements brought by small businesses rose by 23% from the...

Ultimate Asset Finance makes two senior hires

Ultimate Asset Finance has announced the appointment of two regional directors. Michael Thompson (pictured, left) has previously acted as...

COMMENT

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

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...

Latest news

ModaMortgages cuts rates with limited edition buy-to-let range

ModaMortgages has launched a limited edition buy-to-let range with rates reduced by up to...

First-time buyers face confidence gap as unexpected costs and delays mount

Nine in 10 first-time buyers believe they understand the home-buying process before starting, but...

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

Family Building Society has appointed Paul Ormonde as a business development manager covering Central...

LendInvest raises £300m through latest Mortimer securitisation

LendInvest has completed its eighth Mortimer residential mortgage-backed securitisation, securing £300 million of funding...

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