Commercial

Purdy to join Shawbrook’s secured lending arm

Shawbrook Bank's senior relationship manager Paula Purdy will be changing roles within the...

Melrose Commercial Finance partners with Shawbrook

Shawbrook Bank is announcing its first Scottish Strategic Partner, Glasgow-based Melrose Commercial Finance. Shawbrook recent...

Shawbrook promotes from within for top lending position

Shawbrook Bank has announced the promotion of Stuart Kelly to director of lending...

Crystal Mortgages unveils larger loan proposition

Crystal Mortgages is offering a new, dedicated suite of larger loan investment products. The...

Blemain pleased with broker response

Specialist lender Blemain Group says it received an enthusiastic welcome from brokers at a...

UTB to finance engineering machinery

United Trust Bank has extended the range of assets it will now...

Shawbrook rejigs commercial pricing and LTV bands

Shawbrook Bank's commercial mortgage division has made banding and pricing changes to a range...

OFT raises concerns over SME banking

Ongoing analysis by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) into funding for small to...

Call for increase in SME lending

Bibby Financial Services is calling for more to be done to support small and...

Warning sounded over capital allowances

Capital allowances firm Catax Solutions has claimed that UK commercial property owners are sitting...

New funding division for Omni Capital

Omni Capital has launched an international structured finance division offering residential and commercial loans...

RICS calls for end to Stamp Duty brackets

George Osborne should reform Stamp Duty thresholds in the upcoming Budget, RICS has said. It...

Shawbrook unveils new larger loans

Shawbrook’s commercial mortgages division is launching a dedicated range of larger loans products. The new...

Positive start to year for asset finance

New business in the asset finance sector grew by 9% to almost £1.7 billion...

COMMENT

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...

Kevin Tunnicliffe on ending the race to the bottom

This was always going to be a tricky interview. I’ve known Kevin Tunnicliffe, chief executive officer of Sort Group, which includes Sort Refer, for...

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

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Musculoskeletal conditions account for growing share of Cirencester Friendly claims

Musculoskeletal conditions made up 44% of all claims paid by Cirencester Friendly in 2025,...

Key urges wider later life lending referrals in response to FCA market study

Key Equity Release has welcomed the FCA’s later life mortgage market study, arguing that...

Mortgage Brain sets out AI governance framework amid data security concerns

Mortgage Brain has launched an AI charter aimed at addressing growing concerns over data...

VAS appoints head of IT and business systems

Valuation panel management firm VAS has appointed Lewis Birdsworth as head of IT and...

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