Commercial

SME owners resorting to plastic

Business bosses are putting their fund-raising plans on their personal credit cards for 2014,...

High street banks still averse to development finance

59% of brokers working in the development finance sector have said that the...

Strong levels of activity from small businesses

A quarterly index of 4,000 small and medium-sized enterprises in the UK has shown...

SMEs shun banks for payday lenders

An Amigo Loans survey has found that UK microbusinesses have little confidence in borrowing...

Funding Circle to go on the road

Funding Circle, the online marketplace for business loans, has provided details of its first...

NACFB starts expo registration

Visitor registration have begun for the NACFB’s Commercial Finance Expo. The fifth commercial Expo is...

Aldermore appoints mortgage ops chief

Aldermore has appointed Jason Davies as operational director for its group mortgages division. He...

Keystone adjusts pricing with new product offering

Keystone Buy to Let Mortgages has launched two product ranges, aiming to cater more...

Omni Capital targets high end development projects

Omni Capital is offering a new development funding deal. The product is designed for...

Shawbrook Commercial Mortgages hires pair of BDMs

Two Shawbrook Bank Business Development Managers (BDMs) have started work in the South...

SMEs expect business growth during 2014

Research conducted by chartered accountancy group Monahans in conjunction with the MHA, the UK...

BoE reports fall in business lending

Data out today from the Bank of England’s Money and Credit statistical release shows...

Commercial servicer acquired

Commercial real estate loan servicing and management business Mount Street has taken over Morgan...

SMEs upbeat about the year ahead

SMEs are more enthusiastic about running their business this year, with more than half...
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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...

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

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Building Societies

The Coventry cuts limited company buy-to-let rates for brokers

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected limited company buy-to-let rates by up to 20...
Buy-to-let

Paragon Bank introduces limited edition 60% LTV buy-to-let products

Paragon Bank has expanded its buy-to-let range with a new tranche of 60% loan-to-value...
Appointments

TwentyCi hires Nick Huntley to lead sales at TwentyEA and TwentyConvey

TwentyCi has appointed Nick Huntley as sales director for TwentyEA and TwentyConvey as the...
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HSBC cuts mortgage rates by up to 34bps across core ranges

HSBC UK has reduced mortgage rates across its product range, with cuts of up...

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