Commercial

Liquidity Central acting as EZBOB’s intermediary distributor

Liquidity Central has announced the launch of a new, exclusive, short term product for...

Funding Circle passes major milestone

UK investors have now lent more than £200m to UK businesses through Funding Circle...

Montello launches £250m real estate fund

Montello has announced the launch of its third fund, the Montello Real Estate Opportunity...

RBS/NatWest in £100m NACFB pilot

The RBS/NatWest Group is to make £100m of funding available to small businesses through...

Positive Development Finance funds eight-figure development

Positive Development Finance has completed a loan on a £12m development project. The mixed...

New offices for Brightstar

Brightstar Financial has just opened its new purpose built offices in Billericay, Essex. Office space...

Property ‘boom’ benefits P2P player

A new peer-to-peer lender has piggybacked on the UK's rising house prices, it has...

NACFB: “missed opportunity” in Autumn Statement

The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) has commented on the Autumn Statement’s...

Brightstar establishes commercial division

Rob Collins has been appointed by Brightstar Financial to head up a separate commercial...

Asset finance industry backs construction sector recovery

New business provided to fund investment in construction equipment grew in October by 41%...

New bridging deals from Crystal Mortgages

Crystal Mortgages is offering a new selection of commercial bridging loans. Standard buy-to-let, light refurbishment...

Increase in FLS participants’ net lending

The Bank of England has reported that in the third quarter of 2013, 21...

UTB: optimism seems to be spreading

49% of brokers who took part in a survey by united Trust Bank...

Shawbrook wins brace of NACFB gongs

Shawbrook Bank won two awards at the NACFB Gala Dinner last night. It had received...
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COMMENT

Analysis

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

Building societies need to start putting intelligence into motion

If you were at the Building Societies Association Annual Conference in Edinburgh last month , you could not have missed the optimism: the sector...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 21

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 20

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...

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Fraud

Brokers urged to strengthen sanctions checks

Mortgage and financial services firms are being urged to review their sanctions controls after...
fintech

OneDome named among Europe’s fastest-growing fintech firms

OneDome has been named one of the fastest-growing fintech companies in Europe, the Middle...
News

Foundation raises maximum residential lending age to 80

Foundation Home Loans has increased its maximum residential lending age from 75 to 80...
News

First-time buyers wait six years to buy as lifestyle priorities reshape purchasing decisions

First-time buyers are spending an average of six years saving for a deposit as...

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