Commercial

Everline extends loan term limit

Business lender Everline has extended its loan term limit to offer small businesses access...

Broker awareness of SME finance still needs to improve

Over 80% of commercial finance brokers expect business volumes to increase by 5% or...

Blemain Group develops broker portal

Blemain Group has further developed its broker portal, My Broker Venue. The automated...

Advisers reticent about peer-to-peer

Only 8% of financial advisers would invest, or already have invested, their own money...

FSE London registration open

Registration is open for Front Events' third London Financial Services Expo. The two-day show, to be...

Shawbrook helps clarify large loan position

Shawbrook Bank’s commercial mortgages division has published documents for its broker partners, designed to help clarify...

Aldermore launches its business lounge

Aldermore Bank has unveiled its new business lounge in the city centre of Leeds. To mark the...

Connect Mortgage Club adopts Twenty7Tec sourcing platform

Connect Mortgage Club has selected the Twenty7Tec's combined mortgage, secured loan and bridging sourcing system as...

Micro-businesses not getting paid on time

In a poll carried out by YouGov on behalf of cloud accounting company FreeAgent,...

Scottish output growth sustained last month

Growth of Scotland’s private sector was sustained during June, extending the current run to...

Ultimate Finance adds four to Glasgow office

Five months after announcing its move into Scotland, Ultimate Finance has recruited four asset-based lenders...

United Trust Bank joins the FLA

United Trust Bank has become a member of the Finance and Leasing Association (FLA). ...

Asset finance up by 6% in May 

Latest figures from by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show 6% growth in asset finance...

Summer Budget 2015 – corporate tax changes

George Osborne announced that corporation tax rate will fall to 19% in 2017 and...
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Opinions & blogs

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Why the government’s housing ambitions won’t fix the affordability crisis

With the bidding open for the government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme - the main pillar of its long-term housing strategy - homebuying...

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Compliance

SortRefer marks 17 years with record month for instructions and completions

SortRefer has marked its 17th anniversary after reporting its strongest monthly performance to date...
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The Mortgage Works cuts buy-to-let rates on selected new business deals

The Mortgage Works is cutting selected buy-to-let and let-to-buy rates by up to 0.20...
Appointments

Primis promotes three in push to expand recruitment and regional broker support

Primis has promoted three senior executives as it seeks to recruit more adviser firms...
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Santander cuts higher LTV rates for first-time buyers and home movers

Santander is cutting selected fixed mortgage rates across its first-time buyer, home mover and...

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