Commercial

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...

BTL lender acquires P2P lending platform

Residential mortgage servicer and lender, Paratus AMC, has taken a majority stake in peer-to-peer lending platform Funding Empire. Funding...

Shawbrook issues new legal guides

Shawbrook Bank’s commercial mortgages division has today published two new legal guides for its broker...

HMO investment outperforming traditional buy-to-let

Platinum Property Partners has revealed that its analysis comparing Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs)...

NACFB to hold EGM

The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) is inviting all its members to a special...

Strong six months for Bibby

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has reported that it completed 609 new deals, agreeing upwards...

COMMENT

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

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ModaMortgages cuts rates with limited edition buy-to-let range

ModaMortgages has launched a limited edition buy-to-let range with rates reduced by up to...

First-time buyers face confidence gap as unexpected costs and delays mount

Nine in 10 first-time buyers believe they understand the home-buying process before starting, but...

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

Family Building Society has appointed Paul Ormonde as a business development manager covering Central...

LendInvest raises £300m through latest Mortimer securitisation

LendInvest has completed its eighth Mortimer residential mortgage-backed securitisation, securing £300 million of funding...

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