Commercial

Shawbrook hires new BDM in Scotland

Shawbrook Bank has appointed Peter McDermid as the new business development manager (BDM) for...

Business boost for LendInvest from smaller investors

LendInvest says it has seen significant growth in investment requests, since it dropped its...

Focussing on the professionals

In our market, experience counts for a lot. When we were setting up Fleet...

Bibby bolsters Scottish operation

Bibby Financial Services has strengthened its Inverness, Stirlingshire and Perthshire team with the appointment of...

Damien Druce joins Crystal Mortgages

Crystal Mortgages has appointed Damien Druce as head of distribution and development to grow...

United Trust Bank hires head of sales

United Trust Bank has appointed Keith Sangwin as head of sales for its asset...

LMC ramps up larger loan distribution

Lancashire Mortgage Corporation (LMC) has completed on two bridging loans worth £11.25 million. The...

Pre-crunch growth for asset finance market

Asset finance new business grew by 13% during 2014 to £25.4 billion, the strongest...

Shawbrook cuts residential refurbishment product fees

Shawbrook has made a reduction in fees on its Residential Refurbishment (RR) business products....

NACFB expo open for registration

Visitor registration is open for the sixth NACFB Commercial Finance Expo. Doors open at...

Omni Capital funds care home provider

Omni Capital has agreed a £30m committed debt facility with LNT Care Developments, a...

Shawbrook kept up service levels despite Xmas break

Shawbrook Bank has said it kept its service levels agreements high in December, despite holidays...

SME lender unveils broker platform

Iwoca has launched its new broker platform, which allows brokers same day access to...

Brightstar appoints BDM

Brightstar has appointed Nathan Ellis-Calcott to its external sales team. He will be tasked with...
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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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