Commercial

Fleet sets new lending target for 2016

Fleet Mortgages has said it will hit its lending targets for 2015. In the...

Strong September for Shawbrook

Shawbrook Bank’s commercial mortgages division has published its service level agreement (SLA) figures for...

Y3S Group posts £1.7m profit

Y3S Group has reported a combined net profit before taxation of £1.7m on total revenues...

Oblix Capital hires head of credit

Bridging and development finance provider Oblix Capital has appointed Tom Reeve as head of credit....

Promise reports surge in commercial business

Master broker Promise Solutions has reported a 200% increase in new business in its commercial...

Shawbrook makes commercial fee changes

Shawbrook Bank has implemented a re-structure of its commercial mortgage costing model for re-finance...

Shawbrook announces strong results

Shawbrook Group plc has published its third quarter results, reporting a 68% rise in underlying...

Development broker refreshes brand image

Development and bridging broker Positive Commercial Finance has updated its brand image. It wanted a brand identity...

Paragon completes asset finance acquisition

Paragon Bank has completed its acquisition of Five Arrows Leasing Group for £117 million.   Five Arrows...

4% rise in commercial rents expected

UK businesses are predicted to face further financial pressures, with commercial rents expected to...

Roma Finance hires introducer relationship manager

Roma Finance has announced the appointment of Vicki Ineson as relationship manager. The appointment comes...

Together makes capital appointment

Specialist lender Together has appointed a new divisional sales manager for London. Tanya Elmaz has...

Dragonfly to rebrand in the New Year

Dragonfly Property Finance, part of the Octopus group, will rebrand to become part of...

Shawbrook makes changes to RI0 product

Shawbrook Bank has announced changes to its RI0 product for simple residential security. Based on...
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COMMENT

Homebuying

Removing friction from the homebuying journey

One thing I keep hearing from our advisers is how much more work each case now generates, largely because so much of it involves...

Build, baby, build? Well we will need to fund more than the usual suspects

There was a noticeable sense of optimism at UKREiiF this year. That may sound surprising given the economic headwinds of recent years, but the...

Innovation in the lifetime mortgage market riding high

Innovation in the lifetime mortgage market has created real value for customers – there’s no excuse to ignore it. When a UK borrower reaches 55,...

How small and medium-sized lenders can fix the origination headache

We are constantly told that to fix the mortgage journey, we need to rip everything out and start again. That unless a lender replaces its...

A new PM brings a new opportunity to rethink housing policy

Politics, as it seems to do in recent times, has moved at remarkable speed over the last couple of weeks. In what feels like...

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Broker optimism grows as sub-4% rates edge closer

A series of mortgage rate cuts from lenders this week has sparked optimism among...
Buy-to-let

Renters face higher costs amid strong demand

Two in three (63%) recent movers ended up paying more rent than planned, as...
Buy-to-let

ModaMortgages cuts rates across limited-edition BTL range

ModaMortgages has announced a reprice of its limited-edition buy-to-let range, with rate reductions across...
Buy-to-let

Keystone launches special edition HMO range

Keystone Property Finance has launched a number of special edition HMO & MUFB products...

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