Commercial

Improvement in Shawbrook’s service performance

Shawbrook Bank has published its Service Level Agreement (SLA) metrics for September, showing an...

When does an HMO become a good investment opportunity?

The first sign that a house of multiple occupancy (HMO) is a good investment...

Permitted Development Rights – What lies ahead?

In 2010, the UK government outlined that the country’s property planning system should...

SMEs lack business interruption plan

62% of UK SMEs – equating to around 2,900,000 businesses - may be leaving...

Brightstar Financial grows commercial team

Brightstar Financial has expanded its commercial team with the addition of Nicholas Christofi as...

NACFB to launch SME lending campaign

The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) is launching ‘Love Lending Week’...

New face at Complete FS

Ann Jennings has joined Complete FS's enquiries and sales team. She joins the South Coast...

Funding Circle and PwC partner to help small businesses

Funding Circle and PwC have announced an agreement to support growing British companies’ access...

Shawbrook breaks £1bn commercial barrier

Shawbrook Bank’s commercial mortgages division has passed £1bn in lending to SMEs and...

Team Vantage completes charity cycle challenge

Vantage Finance has completed its charity cycle, during which the team cycled for 10...

Five-year high for asset finance new business

There was 11% growth in asset finance new business during the 12 months to...

Aldermore hires marketing head

Sarah Beller has joined Aldermore's asset finance division as its head of marketing. Beller...

TFC Homeloans expands bridging and commercial panel

TFC Homeloans is expanding bridging and commercial lender panel to include specialist lender...

Dragonfly bridges 70-property portfolio

Dragonfly Property Finance has completed a £21m bridging loan on a mixture of 70...
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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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