Commercial

SBSLS teams up with Aldermore Commercial

Sesame Bankhall Specialist Lending Services (SBSLS) has added Aldermore to its growing panel of...

Funding Circle teams up with university

Funding Circle the University of Huddersfield have embarked upon a new partnership that will...

Alternative finance growth outstrips traditional lending

Growth in traditional mortgage lending (1.4%) was outpaced 50 times by annual growth in...

TBMC added to Pink’s direct panel

Pink Home Loans has added buy-to-let and commercial mortgage specialist TBMC to its lending...

AToM to hold specialist lending seminars

All Types of Mortgages Ltd (AToM) has announced the first dates of a series...

Cambridge & Counties signs deal with Phoebus Software

Phoebus Software has agreed a five-year deal with Cambridge & Counties Bank (CC Bank)...

Barclays extends mis-selling provisions

Ahead of the publication of its full year results on 12 February, Barclays has...

NACFB opens Commercial Finance Expo 2013 for registration

The NACFB has revealed that the 2013 NACFB Commercial Finance Expo is to be...

Full FSA review of interest rate swap mis-selling

The FSA has confirmed that Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds and RBS will start the full...

Borro optimistic over alternative lending’s prospects

Personal asset lender borro believes that 2013 could be the year alternative becomes mainstream. "While...

Five appoints for HSBC Commercial

HSBC has made five new appointments within its Derbyshire and East Staffordshire commercial team. The...

Shawbrook Bank improves commercial lending proposition

Shawbrook Bank has made a number of changes across its commercial lending product range. Residential...

High street tribulations to continue

The recent difficulties faced by the high street look set to continue for the...

Aldermore hires regional sales director

Aldermore has appointed Dan Summerfield as northern regional sales director of its invoice finance...

COMMENT

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...

Latest news

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...

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...

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...

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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