Commercial

Helping portfolios grow with property refurbishment loans

The refurbishment lending market has seen a recent boost with property investors and homeowners...

UTB to launch professional lending deal

United Trust Bank has appointed Kevin Flowerday to launch a new professional...

Lack of awareness of alternative finance

12% of small and medium sized businesses who were refused bank funding didn’t seek...

Lloyds to spearhead digital inclusion push for SMEs

Lloyds Banking Group is to drive forward government-led work to increase the digital capability...

Funding Circle secures major investment

Funding Circle has raised $65 million in a Series D funding round led by...

Strong June for Ezbob

Ezbob has reported growth in its lending business. The online short term commercial lender,...

Expansion for C2it Commercial Collections

C2it Commercial Collections is relocating to a larger office in August 2014. The move...

Positive picture for SMEs

Aldermore Bank’s latest SME Monitor shows a positive picture for UK small and medium...

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...

COMMENT

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Why you need to know what sits behind the average review score

There’s a funny thing about review scores. The better they are, the less likely we are to question them. If a company is sitting at...

Latest news

Landbay adds 11 tracker products and cuts rates by up to 15bps

Landbay has expanded its buy-to-let tracker range with 11 new products and reduced rates...

Howden expands in North Wales with Wrexham office

Howden has opened its first commercial insurance office in Wrexham as the broker expands...

UK buyers reluctant to compromise despite affordability pressures

UK homebuyers remain committed to purchasing a property but are less willing than buyers...

Keystone trims buy-to-let fixed rates by up to 15bps

Keystone Property Finance has reduced pricing across a number of its buy-to-let mortgage ranges,...

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