Commercial

Fine art increasingly popular with borro

Since December 2011, asset lender borro has seen a 21.7% increase in the loan...

Aldermore provides override exclusive to NACFB

Aldermore is offering a new commission override scheme exclusively to NACFB members. The scheme is...

Aldermore Commercial appoints BDM

Aldermore Commercial Mortgages has appointed Paul Ragbourne to the position of business development manager...

Aldermore appoints regional sales manager for the East

Aldermore has announced that Andy Geagen has been appointed to the role of regional...

Crystal: InterBay return helps commercial recovery

The return of InterBay Commercial to the commercial finance market is a sign of...

Pilot scheme for local business finance unveiled

Funding Circle has launched the first Local Business Lending Partnership with Lancashire County Council,...

NACFB members offered Dragonfly exclusive

Dragonfly Property Finance has unveiled a new commercial bridging loan deal exclusively for members...

Why trust will make peer-to-business lending a success

Innovations are often met with a great deal of scepticism and rightly so. There...

Bibby claims new way of funding business

Bibby Financial Services has unveiled Flexidraft, which it has hailed as a "unique, new...

Late payment continuing to cripple SMEs

Aldermore has published research into the extent that late payments are continuing to restrict...

Positive Lending launches Xmas incentive

Positive Lending has unveiled its Christmas reward scheme. For any secured, bridging, commercial, development or...

Funding Circle builds intermediary team

Funding Circle has appointed James Lovett as business development manager. Lovett has joined from Close...

Asset & leasing market hit by funder withdrawal

ING Lease (UK) Ltd has decided to close its UK leasing business to new...

Commercial property fraudsters jailed

A trio of businessmen who conned financial institutions out of £20 million to expand...
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COMMENT

Comment

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...

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM) is sometimes portrayed as a quick way for residents to...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers and administrators go on holiday. Specialist lending cases, which have...

Every rate shock is becoming a test of the modern mortgage business

Halifax, Barclays and HSBC increased selected mortgage rates by up to 0.20% this week, effective 21 July. Halifax removed its sub-4% deals entirely. Barclays'...

Your next client is probably more complicated than your last one

There's a shift happening in the mortgage market that most small firms aren't ready for. It's not about rates. It's not about the political...

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Cyberattack disrupts Romanian property transactions

A cyberattack on Romania’s national land registry has disrupted property transactions across the country...
First-time buyers

Just Mortgages and April launch 100% LTV mortgage with family support

Just Mortgages has expanded its first-time buyer range with a semi-exclusive joint borrower sole...
Specialist

Aldermore sets out five-tier mortgage range for borrowers outside high street criteria

Aldermore is to introduce a five-tier residential lending range aimed at borrowers whose circumstances...
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Buyers value energy efficiency but resist paying a premium

Energy efficiency matters to 85% of homebuyers, but only 2% would pay significantly more...

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