Commercial

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...

Strong Q1 performance for OneSavings Bank

OneSavings Bank plc has reported that net loans & advances grew by £455m during...

LMC finances £3.2m company rebridge

Lancashire Mortgage Corporation (LMC) has facilitated a £3.2 million limited company re-bridge for broker partner Brightstar...

Lloyds posts £660m loss from TSB sale

Lloyds Banking Group has reported underlying profit of £2.18bn for the first quarter of...

Strong first quarter for Crystal Specialist Finance

Crystal Specialist Finance has issued terms on over £213m worth of business in the...

Bibby strengthens southern team

Independent invoice finance provider Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has hired Sarah Hatswell, Paul Marjoram...

RICS: strong demand for commercial property

The latest RICS Commercial Market Survey has found that demand for commercial property in...

SJW Property Finance beats first year targets

Manchester-based property firm SJW Property Finance says its first year of trading has exceeded...

New funding for ezbob and Everline

Everline.com and ezbob.com have received a £30 million investment from funds managed by Oaktree...
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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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