Commercial

Financial Services Expo open for registration

Front Events, organisers of Financial Services Expo (FSE) London, have announced that visitor registration...

Bibby hires corporate sales director

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed former HSBC Corporate Invoice and Equipment finance...

First peer-to-peer funded buy-to-let completion

Landbay has completed its first mortgage loan, the UK’s first ever buy-to-let mortgage funded...

Shawbrook hires credit relationship manager

Shawbrook Bank has appointed Tim Rist to the new role as credit relationship manager,...

Brits dream of running their own business

26% of British employees dream of breaking out on their own in business, according...

£5m in enquiries for Masthaven at NACFB Expo

Masthaven Bridging, which has exhibited at the NACFB for the past five years, has...

SMEs struggling with late payments

Despite UK SMEs being owed billions in late payments, new research from automated credit...

Shawbrook expands commercial sales team

Shawbrook Bank has recruited Rob Holt as a junior sales executive to its commercial...

New member for the ASTL

Signature Private Finance has become the ASTL’s latest member. The firm offers a range of...

Aldermore appoints regional sales manager for West Yorkshire

Aldermore has added to its invoice Finance sales team with the appointment of...

New head of sales for Shawbrook

Shawbrook Bank has promoted Emma Cox to the position of head of sales...

Montello continues to grow loan book

Montello Finance has said it is lending over £250m a year. The London firm claims...

NACFB Compliance Services launches

  The NACFB has today launched NACFB Compliance Services to its 1200 member brokers.   The...

UTB offers ‘best of British’ competition

Brokers visiting United Trust Bank’s stand at the NACFB Commercial Finance Expo will have...

COMMENT

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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Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you...

Richard Goppy to rejoin PMS as director of acquisition and key accounts

PMS Mortgage Club has confirmed the appointment of Richard Goppy as director of acquisition...

Renters’ Rights Act to reshape buy-to-let risk models

The Renters’ Rights Act is set to trigger a fundamental shift in how lenders assess risk...

MAB research shows confidence among buyers is rising, but many still hesitate

More than half of prospective buyers say they are ready to purchase in 2026,...

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