Commercial

Brokers losing out to direct funders

United Trust Bank has revealed that 70% of brokers operating in the asset finance...

OneSavings Bank posts Q3 results

OneSavings Bank plc (OSB) has reported that its "encouraging" financial performance during the first...

Significant rise in NACFB-led lending

The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) has revealed that it facilitated £1.25...

Don’t give up on development finance, brokers told

Alpha Bridging, the short term lender, believes brokers are seeing many lenders turn down...

Loans Warehouse becomes NACFB patron

Loans Warehouse has become the first consumer finance specialist firm to become a...

The Mansfield hires commercial development executive

The Mansfield Building Society has appointed Audrey Green to the new position of commercial...

Shawbrook promotes Holt

Rob Holt has been promoted by Shawbrook Bank to the position of sales...

Crystal Mortgages on target for record-breaking year

Crystal Mortgages has reported a strong third quarter, having issued terms of £460m year-to-date...

Funding Circle goes out on the road

Funding Circle has launched a series of introducer autumn updates across November and early...

Bibby to hold business conference

Bibby Financial Services (BFS), is to host its flagship business conference in London next...

Jerrold Holdings makes six marketing appointments

Jerrold Holdings has added six new members to its marketing division, yet the business...

Dragonfly appoints investment manager

Dragonfly Property Finance has recruited Dominic Gibson as an investment manager in its commercial...

Pepper UK hires commercial servicing chief

Pepper UK has appointed Mark Caplan to head up its commercial loan servicing department. The...

Many SMEs don’t manage cashflow properly

36% of SMEs are unable to say how much they have outstanding, according...
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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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