Commercial

Crystal Mortgages rebrands to highlight core markets

Midlands-based Crystal Mortgages has rebranded to Crystal Specialist Finance. It is highlighting five distinctive...

Two-thirds of all BTL transactions are now remortgages

In the first quarter of 2015, 66% of mortgages against standard or ‘vanilla’ buy-to-let...

Risk putting people off peer-to-peer

42% of homeowners surveyed who have not invested on a peer-to-peer platform had chosen...

17th consecutive month of growth in asset finance

There was a 12% growth in asset finance (primarily leasing and hire purchase) new...

Pepper hires CRE servicing head

Pepper UK has appointed Alison Higgs as head of commercial loan servicing. She will support...

Shawbrook launches new online broker hub

Shawbrook Bank has launched a new exclusive 'Broker Hub' for its broker partners. The...

Shawbrook IPO values business at £725m

Shawbrook Bank has announced the successful pricing of its initial public offering (IPO) of...

Shawbrook improves heavy refurb STL offering

Shawbrook Bank’s commercial mortgages division has made changes to its short-term loan (STL) product range. It is...

Bibby Financial Services expands office network

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) plans to open two new business centres in Greater London...

Lloyds to support £30bn infrastructure projects

Lloyds Banking Group is to provide financial assistance to infrastructure initiatives within the Government’s...

UTB hires BDM

United Trust Bank has appointed Gordon McArthur as business development manager for the North...

FCA issues fee proposals

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is consulting on fees for regulated firms for the...

LendingCrowd hires business development head

Scottish peer-to-business crowdlender LendingCrowd has appointed Fraser Lusty as head of business development. Lusty (pictured) has...

Bibby hires BDM

The UK's largest invoice finance provider, Bibby Financial Services, has appointed Leicester based Thomas...
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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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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...
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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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Virgin Money cuts fixed rates and raises selected tracker pricing

Virgin Money is reducing fixed mortgage rates across purchase, remortgage and selected buy-to-let product...

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