Commercial

Record year for Crystal Mortgages

Crystal Mortgages has reported its best financial year in its 35-year trading history. The commercial...

Bibby poaches five from competitor

Bibby Financial Services is expanding its leasing division with the appointment a new team...

Aldermore hires commercial lending head

Aldermore has appointed a new head of commercial lending to lead and implement its...

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...
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COMMENT

Comment

Rates are moving and regulation is evolving

Many lenders are having to increase their rates, and that trend looks set to continue over the coming week. For clients whose current deal...

Building tomorrow’s mortgage market: AI built on trust, governance and confidence

The government's Financial Services AI Adoption Plan, led by Harriet Rees, group chief information officer at Starling Bank, and Dr Rohit Dhawan, group director...

The protection prompt: what AI still needs to get right

The Mills Review has prompted plenty of discussion across the mortgage industry. While much of the focus has been on the finding that a...

Why second charges are helping Right to Buy borrowers do more with their home

For many people, Right to Buy is still one of the most accessible ways to become a homeowner and over the last five years,...

The case for tech fluency before AI adoption in the mutual sector

It often feels like there is only one conversation taking place in financial services at the moment: artificial intelligence. Whether it’s trade shows and...

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Broker Conveyancing launches £175 remortgage package

Broker Conveyancing has introduced a fixed-price remortgage conveyancing package through its new online hub. The...
Building Societies

Buckinghamshire BS cuts residential and specialist rates

Buckinghamshire Building Society has reduced mortgage rates across its residential and specialist lending ranges,...
Regulation

Final call for views on FCA mortgage reforms

The mortgage industry has until tomorrow to respond to Financial Conduct Authority proposals intended...
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One in five borrow to fund private healthcare

Almost one in five people who recently accessed private healthcare used a credit card...

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