Commercial

Bibby builds operations in Leicester

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has announced the opening of its new East Midlands Business...

Lloyds sets aside a further £1.4bn for PPI redress

Lloyds Banking Group has reported statutory profits for the first half of 2015 of...

NACFB platform plans reach next step

The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) has revealed that it has received...

Recovery in construction workloads

The RICS UK Construction Market Survey for the second quarter of 2015 has reported...

RBS expects further action from regulators

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has admitted that it continues to be party to...

Lloyds disposes of commercial loan portfolio

Lloyds Banking Group has agreed the sale of a portfolio of Irish commercial loans...

Goldsmith Williams unveils new company buy-to-let service

Following recent changes announced which reduce the tax relief of high income private landlords, Goldsmith...

Builders Finance Fund failing to make impression on brokers

A United Trust Bank (UTB) survey has found that more than half of brokers...

Everline expands broker team

Everline has announced the expansion of its broker team with the appointment of Henry...

Bibby boosts SME funding in West Midlands

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) says it increased funding to small and medium sized enterprises...

Profits up at Shawbrook

Shawbrook Bank has reported an increase in underlying profit before taxation in the first...

Shawbrook unveils new residential investment product

The commercial mortgages division at Shawbrook Bank  has made changes to its residential investment product...

SMEs shun overdrafts for alternative finance

More small businesses in need of funding sought alternative finance rather than a bank...

Bibby global boss to step down

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has announced that Simon Featherstone is to step down as...
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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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MT Finance latest firm to offer World Cup time off

As mortgage firms gear up for England’s 1am World Cup clash against Mexico on...
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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...

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