Commercial

Complete FS assisting MCI Club

Complete FS has been appointed as the specialist mortgage distribution channel for the...

SME funding boost “not enough”

SME alternative finance company Fleximize says the Autumn statement announcement to provide a near...

The Autumn Statement in full

Mr Speaker, Four years ago, in the first Autumn Statement of this Parliament, I presented...

Funding for Lending scheme extended

The Bank of England and the Treasury have announced a one-year extension to the...

NACFB promotes UK approach to rest of Europe

The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) attended the EU Conference on SME...

Shawbrook makes broker introducer support hire

Shawbrook Bank has appointed Jack Simon as an outbound sales executive to its internal...

SME expect productivity improvements ext year

63% of UK SMEs predict they will increase productivity by an average of 9%...

Development finance brokers want speedy decisions

A survey carried out by United Trust Bank has found that speed of...

Home is where the office is for microbusinesses

84% of the UK's smallest businesses now use their home as a place of...

Bibby’s SME funding up by 6% over last quarter

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has increased funding provided to small and medium sized businesses...

Lenders need to take the regulatory lead, brokers say

66% of respondents to Shawbrook Bank’s Q3 Broker Barometer think lenders should be...

Fleet Mortgages reveals product range

Fleet Mortgages has announced its first product range covering individual, limited company and houses...

Jerrold Holdings extends and expands securitisation facility

Jerrold Holdings, Blemain's parent, has extended its revolving securitisation programme, while also increasing...

Ezbob reaching out to all mortgage brokers

Ezbob, the online short term commercial lender, is looking to attract further numbers of...
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COMMENT

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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Technology

Coadjute joins FCA AI testing programme as conveyancers face tougher AML regime

Coadjute has joined the Financial Conduct Authority’s AI Live Testing programme as conveyancing firms...
Appointments

Morrow hire to lead intermediary growth strategy

Morrow has appointed Amit Gupta as financial services director as it looks to expand...
Homebuying

Russell Quirk calls out broken transaction system

UK mortgage and property professionals have been urged to rethink the homebuying process after Russell...
Technology

Newcastle updates broker portal for faster product transfers

Newcastle for Intermediaries has upgraded its broker portal to make product transfers quicker and...

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