Commercial

LMC funds 7 deals in 7 days for Finance 4 Business

Lancashire Mortgage Corporation has completed seven funding transactions in a week, worth £3m, for...

Asset finance brokers bullish about the year ahead

67% of brokers working in the asset finance sector expect to grow their businesses...

LMC supports this year’s Comic Relief

Lancashire Mortgage Corporation is organising events for support for Red Nose Day 2015. On...

Ultimate Finance expands into Scotland

Ultimate Finance Group, which provides cashflow solutions to SMEs, is opening its first office...

Landbay in transparency push

Peer to peer lending platform Landbay is to share publicly a range of new...

Vehicle hire firm benefits from Bibby funding arrangement

Vehicle hire firm Hexagon Leasing is to roll out a new vehicle sales division...

Dividends to return following LBG’s £1.8bn profit

Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) has posted pre-tax profits of £1.8bn. It provided £11.9 billion of...

Shawbrook promotes commercial pair

Shawbrook Bank has announced two promotions within its commercial mortgages team. Sarah Woolf, previously business...

The benefits of niche financial solutions

In any industry, a niche sector provides a differentiated and beneficial product or service...

Application process a turn-off for many

A lengthy application process is the number one frustration felt by 51% of UK...

Scottish SMEs turning to invoice finance

Bibby Financial Services Scotland (BFS) has increased its funding to Scottish businesses in January...

Ezbob parent acquires Everline

Orange Money Ltd, which trades as Ezbob in the UK, has purchased Everline, in...

Omni Capital unveils new intermediary sales hub

Omni Capital has introduced an intermediary-facing sales hub, Omni Capital Client Services, which replaces Omni Capital's...

Bibby: late payment threatening SME survival

Late payment to construction firms is the leading issue stifling the industry’s growth, according...
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Opinions & blogs

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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Building Societies

The Monmouthshire gives more than £10k to flood-hit local community

Monmouthshire Building Society has donated more than £10,000 to residents, sports clubs and businesses...
Buy-to-let

Rent growth slows as house prices edge higher, with Middle East tensions clouding outlook

Private rent inflation eased again in March while UK house prices rose modestly in...
Appointments

Gen H expands broker sales team with three BDM hires and internal promotion

Gen H has expanded its broker sales team with three new business development managers...
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Detached homes dominate new lifetime mortgage lending in early 2026

Owners of detached properties accounted for more than four in 10 new lifetime mortgages...

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