Commercial

Bumper short-term autumn for Shawbrook

Shawbrook Bank has revealed record September and October figures for its short-term loan products. It...

Aldermore’s lending up 10%

Aldermore Bank has reported that its total lending to customers was up by 10%...

Dragonfly hires residential development head

Dragonfly Property Finance has recruited Gavin Eustace as its head of residential development. Eustace joins...

Asset finance at six-year high

There was 31% growth in asset finance new business during September 2014, to reach...

RICS: industrial building driving construction growth

There has been a decline in nationwide availability of office space for the sixth...

Aldermore backs Love Lending Week

Aldermore Bank has given its support to the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers'...

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...
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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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