Commercial

Marketing appointment for secured lender

Jerrold Holdings, the group that offers loans through brands including Blemain Finance, Lancashire Mortgage...

Quartet joins Aldermore

Aldermore has made four further appointments to its senior asset finance team. Sean Jones...

All commercial expo stands sold out

All exhibitor stands are now sold out for the 5th National Association of Commercial...

15% annual price rises for farmland

Farmland prices reached another record high during the final six months of 2013, rising...

With short term loans, you get the long end of the stick

Shawbrook’s Commercial Mortgages division recently undertook the second of its quarterly broker surveys. The...

EZBOB becomes NACFB patron

EZBOB, the short term commercial lender, which works with brokers through commercial specialist, Liquidity...

Govt makes £40m investment via P2P lender

The British Business Bank programme is making a new £40 million investment through peer-to-peer...

Aldermore expands property development team

Aldermore Bank has promoted Simon Knowles to head of property development and has appointed...

City of London sees 31% annual rent rise

City of London landlords are receiving £1,059 more each month than in January 2013...

New BDE for Shawbrook

Shawbrook Bank has appointed a new business development executive (BDE) to its commercial...

Better Scottish PRS data needed

Attracting major institutional investors to the private rented homes market requires better data on...

SMEs missing out on tax relief

Thousands of small business owners across the UK are missing out on the opportunity...

Parliament to study SME lending

The Treasury Committee is to conduct a short inquiry into SME lending. The inquiry will...

Significant minority of SMEs expect growth

Research conducted by Monahans in conjunction with the MHA, the UK association of accountancy...

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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...

Top five reasons why renters should consider short-term protection insurance

In an unpredictable world, financial security can often feel like a luxury, especially for renters who may already juggle living expenses, rent payments, and...

Credit search vs credit scoring

The terms credit score and credit check are often used interchangeably by consumers, many of whom assume they mean the same thing. Yet understanding...

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Advice Guru partners with Pure Retirement to support broker education

Financial adviser learning platform Advice Guru has announced a new sponsorship partnership with Pure...

Nationwide ups LTV limits for interest-only and foreign national borrowers

Nationwide has announced changes to its mortgage lending criteria, increasing the maximum loan-to-value (LTV)...

Lloyds expects swell in completions ahead of stamp duty deadline

Lloyds Banking Group anticipates a 50% growth in property completions this month as buyers...

Satchell the latest to leave HTB bridging division

Lorenzo Satchell has become the latest senior member of the bridging team at Hampshire...