Commercial

InterBay improves BTL and commercial offering

Following feedback from its distributors, InterBay has made changes to its buy-to-let and commercial lending...

Shawbrook creates senior loan manager position

Shawbrook Bank has promoted Joylie Bates to the post of senior loan manager in...

Dragonfly revamps Senior Stretch offering

Dragonfly Property Finance has made changes to its Stretch Senior Development Finance proposition. The two...

Ezbob promises ‘instant’ commission payout

Small business e-lender Ezbob has launched an automatic commission payout feature, which it claims...

Complete FS reveals details of specialist lender event

Complete FS is inviting intermediaries across the South of England to meet with a...

Shawbrook cuts arrangement fees

Shawbrook Bank’s commercial mortgages division has made a reduction in arrangement fees across all...

Commercial restructure at Aldermore

Aldermore has restructured its commercial mortgages sales team. Ian Boden has been appointed to the...

Dragonfly overhauls resi refurb offering

Dragonfly Property Finance has revamped its residential refurbishment products. Previously, Dragonfly’s refurbishment loans were capped...

27% rise in asset finance in March

Latest figures from the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show growth of 27% in...

Brilliant Solutions appoints intermediary sales head

Brilliant Solutions has announced the expansion of its broker support team with two appointments...

Pair appointed to Shawbrook’s commercial sales team

Shawbrook Bank has appointed Ade Akande as sales operations manager and Paul Cater as...

Kevin Thomson joins CMC

Connect Mortgage Club (CMC) has appointed Kevin Thomson as its sales director. He will oversee...

FSE Manchester reveals Academy seminar details

Financial Services Expo (FSE) Manchester has announced the line-up for the Shawbrook Bank Academy...

Omni Capital provides £55m holding bridge

Omni Capital has provided a £55m 'holding bridge' in advance of proposed development work...

COMMENT

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...

Latest news

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...

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...

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...

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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