Commercial

3mc trials FHL limited company deal

Packager and mortgage club 3mc is trialling Foundation Home Loans’ (FHL) new limited company...

Trio join Clever Lending

Master broker Clever Lending has made three new sales manager appointments. The trio will handle...

FLA: firms now much more prepared for FCA regulation

Members of the Finance & Leasing Association’s (FLA) have again been polled on their...

UTB: planning proposals “good news” for developers

United Trust Bank has welcomed the government’s permitted development proposals. The proposals were part of...

BLG Development Finance grows team

BLG Development Finance has made a pair of appointments in its surveying and new...

Tie for Complete’s ‘lender Ryder Cup’

Complete FS’s 'lender Ryder Cup' ended in an 8-8 tie with the Mortgage and...

Don’t ignore SME clients

There are some 5.2 million small businesses in the UK according to the Federation...

Ultimate Finance appoints regional director

SME funder Ultimate Finance has hired Adrian Payne as regional director in the Midlands. Payne...

Continued growth in asset finance new business

Asset finance new business - primarily leasing and hire purchase - grew by 5%...

Together supports Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital

Together celebrated its inaugural golf day under its new brand at Mere Resort, Cheshire,...

Ultimate Finance Group helps local children’s hospice

Ultimate Finance Group has given £5169.20 to Francis House Children’s Hospice in Didsbury, after raising the...

Funding Circle reaches £100m milestone

Funding Circle has revealed that its investors have now lent more than £100 million...

Brokers saw uplift after Carney’s bank rate hint

A quarter of brokers who took part in United Trust Bank’s most recent survey...

SME owners positive about business growth

Two-thirds of SME business owners are optimistic about the growth of their business over...
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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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