Commercial

New owner and identity for Cheval

Alternative Bridging Corporation has acquired Cheval Commercial Finance. With the acquisition Alternative Bridging is broadening...

Commercial mortgage optimism on the rise

Shawbrook Bank has found a wave of optimism running across the commercial mortgage broker...

FCA issues proposals for crowdfunding regulations

People who want to invest in small or start-up businesses via crowdfunding platforms will...

Crystal Mortgages celebrates it most successful quarter ever

Crystal Mortgages has beaten its total lender figures for last year in the third...

New investment for Funding Circle

Funding Circle has agreed a deal to help millions of businesses across America borrow...

Rise in peer to peer lending

Over 570 businesses across the UK borrowed more than £36 million in the third...

Remortgaging dominates buy-to-let lending

Landlords expanded their portfolios in the third quarter of 2013, making use of significantly...

New position at Lancashire Mortgage Corporation

Commercial lender Lancashire Mortgage Corporation has created a new management position. Ian Pickering, 41,...

New additions take Shawbrook’s strategic partners to 32

Shawbrook Bank has added two new brokerages to its Strategic Partner programme and expanded...

Bibby to hold Fit for the Future conference

Bibby Financial Services is to hold an exclusive event for accountants, solicitors, financial advisers...

Shawbrook Bank unveils short-term loan desk

Shawbrook Bank has established a team dedicated to processing short term loans. It...

Broker feedback behind Shawbrook criteria change

Shawbrook Bank has improved the criteria on its product aimed at property developers. The...

Trio boost Aldermore’s invoice finance team

Aldermore has made several new hires to its invoice finance team covering the East...

Experienced duo launch new brokerage

The Loan Partnership, a broker specialising in bridging finance, secured loans and development finance,...
1...254255256...272Page 255 of 272

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...

Latest news

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...
Building Societies

Tipton cuts buy-to-let rates and brings back high income multiple mortgages

Tipton & Coseley Building Society has reduced rates across parts of its buy-to-let range...
News

Leeds BS cuts residential mortgage rates by up to 0.32%

Leeds Building Society has reduced rates across its mainstream residential mortgage range by up...

PROFILES