Commercial

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...

Shawbrook Bank expands STL desk

Shawbrook Bank has made two additions to its dedicated short term loans (STL) desk. ...

Rise in retail property demand

There was a significant increase in demand for retail premises across the UK towards...

Wesleyan targets brokers for medical and legal loan distribution

Wesleyan Bank has launched a new service for finance brokers as it expands its...

Landlords looking towards new purchases

The latest Mortgages for Business' Complex Buy to Let Index has found that choice...

New short-term deal from Shawbrook

Shawbrook’s Commercial Mortgages division is entering the heavy refurbishment arena with the launch of...

Aldermore raises £40m to fund SME lending

Aldermore has raised £40 million of new capital from institutional investors Toscafund and Lansdowne...

COMMENT

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Why you need to know what sits behind the average review score

There’s a funny thing about review scores. The better they are, the less likely we are to question them. If a company is sitting at...

Latest news

Landbay adds 11 tracker products and cuts rates by up to 15bps

Landbay has expanded its buy-to-let tracker range with 11 new products and reduced rates...

Howden expands in North Wales with Wrexham office

Howden has opened its first commercial insurance office in Wrexham as the broker expands...

UK buyers reluctant to compromise despite affordability pressures

UK homebuyers remain committed to purchasing a property but are less willing than buyers...

Keystone trims buy-to-let fixed rates by up to 15bps

Keystone Property Finance has reduced pricing across a number of its buy-to-let mortgage ranges,...

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