Commercial

Strong growth for Shawbrook

Shawbrook Bank has posted a rise in its pre-tax profits for the six months...

Crystal Mortgages hires BDM

Crystal Mortgages has appointed Lee Heasman as business development manager (BDM) for the South...

Shawbrook widens solicitor non-representation offering

Shawbrook Bank is extending its solicitor non-representation offering to include limited companies across...

New member for the ASTL

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has recruited new member Market Financial Solutions....

Ezbob breaks £20m lending barrier

Online short-term commercial lender Ezbob has lent over £20 million in the 12 months...

Blemain parent posts 16% profit rise

Jerrold Holdings, the parent company of Blemain Group, has reported a 16% year-on-year...

Development finance over the past decade

As Vantage Finance celebrates its 10th anniversary, we’ve been reflecting on how far the...

Significant number of SMEs considering lender switch

One third of UK SMEs are considering a change of business funding provider in...

Aldermore unveils asset finance app

Aldermore is introducing a new asset finance application, called APP+, with the intention...

Bibby promotion targets larger SMEs

Independent invoice finance provider Bibby Financial Services is to launch a new promotional offer...

SMEs increasingly confident about economy

The majority of SMEs in the UK believe they would be successful if they...

Excellent July for asset finance market

New business in the asset finance market was up 23% on July last year,...

Business exceeding expectations for brokers

45% of brokers who operate in the bridging, development finance and asset finance...

Shawbrook switching facility gaining traction

Shawbrook Bank has claimed its product switching facility has seen increasing numbers of clients...
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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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