Commercial

Shawbrook appoints BDE for the South East

Shawbrook Bank’s commercial mortgages division has recruited Scott Apps as its new business development...

New website for Brightstar

Brightstar Financial has launched its new website band has also reached the milestone of...

InterBay adds refurb deal to range

InterBay Commercial has unveiled a 'term refurb' loan product to its key partners. Details are...

New SME credit and risk site launches

A new business website, www.check-business.co.uk, has been launched to give the small business community...

Shawbrook to offer new fixes next month

Shawbrook Bank has revealed it will launch fixed rate products across its commercial mortgage...

Funding Circle offers summer promotion

Funding Circle is offering a "double headed" summer giveaway for introducers. Every introducer has the...

Commercial property owners still losing out on millions

UK commercial property owners lost an estimated £28m in unclaimed tax relief in April,...

How bridging finance is supporting BTL growth

The buy to let sector continues to show significant growth, in direct correlation to...

Shawbrook posts profit and reveals acquisition

Shawbrook Bank has reported a pre-tax profit of £16.8m for the year ending 31st...

Acquisition of distressed assets gaining in popularity

A number of properties and loans coming on the market through insolvent zombie property...

P2P lender seeks new investors to fund growth

HNW Lending, the new peer-to-peer alternative lender that provides individual loans of between £60,000...

SMEs continue to mistrust financial institutions

Despite positive signs of the economic recovery continuing to gather momentum, information from the...

New associate member for ASTL

Robert Sterling Surveyors has become the Association of Short Term Lenders' (ASTL) latest...

Rise in short-term loans for refurb

Property refurbishment projects have seen funding more than double in the last year, according...

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Heavy refurbishment: structuring finance for complex property upgrades

Investors are rethinking their approach to property - heavy refurbishment is no longer just an option; it’s a necessity for unlocking value in today’s...

Why predicting 2025 interest rates feels like a fool’s errand

In my first (and for some reason clearly not my last) article last month, I attempted (perhaps foolishly) to discuss where rates might go...

Helping university students onto the property ladder

As we head towards the Easter break, thousands of first-year university students up and down the country will be preparing for exams and making...

Lenders must step up on high LTV products

Things are on the up for borrowers with a smaller deposit. The financial information website Moneyfacts publishes a regular update on mortgage product numbers,...

Why it matters that bridging hit more than £10bn last year

We see many numbers bandied around in the financial industry, which can sometimes have a numbing effect. So why should we all, especially brokers, care...

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Gen H launches affordability-focused mortgage scheme

Residential mortgage lender Gen H has announced the launch of New Build Boost, which...

Seven out of 10 homebuyers likely to miss stamp duty deadline

Seven out of 10 (71%) homebuyers with accepted offers expect to miss the 31st...

First-time buyer mortgage sales declined in London over the past decade

First-time buyer mortgage sales in London declined significantly between 2013 and 2023, as increasing...

UTB appoints BDM for the north and Scotland

Fran Arnold has joined the sales team at United Trust Bank Mortgages as business...