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OSB Group makes key personnel changes

OSB Group has introduced a new senior sales structure, designed to support its intermediary...

Sharp rise in time and cost of planning permission for SMEs

Research commissioned by the Land, Planning and Development Federation (LPDF) and United Trust Bank...

FIBA unveils partnership with HSBC

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) has announced that HSBC has joined the...

Optimum Finance appoints risk and recoveries manager

Optimum Finance has appointed Steve Chapman to manage and lead its risk and recoveries...

Brokers more optimistic about year ahead than 12 months ago

Crystal Specialist Finance has surveyed over 10,000 brokers for the second year running and...

Paragon unveils new SME lending sales structure

Paragon Bank’s SME lending division has revealed a new structure for its sales function,...

Reward Finance Group expands London team

Reward Finance Group has bolstered its presence in London and the South East by...

Black & White Bridging joins ASTL

Black & White Bridging has become the latest member to join the Association of...

SMEs express real dilemma over Net Zero

Following the COP28 conference which ended last week, research from specialist business lending provider,...

Investec provides £15.6m development loan

Investec Real Estate has provided Moorfield Group, a UK-focused real estate fund manager, with...

Clever Lending completes £1m semi-commercial refinance

Clever Lending has recently helped a business customer who needed to refinance a semi-commercial...

Together refinances MBS warehouse facility

Together Financial Services has announced the refinancing of its Highfield Asset Backed Securitisation 1...

FIBA to partner with MBE North

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) has announced that the specialist property finance trade body, FIBA, is...

Time Finance appoints relationship executive

Time Finance has welcomed George Tierney as relationship executive in its invoice finance team. Tierney...

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Discount Market Value: a local solution for a national housing challenge

The UK housing market is under constant scrutiny, especially when it comes to bolstering the supply of affordable housing. The government’s recent announcement of a...

Don’t overlook lifetime mortgages for clients with IHT worries

Lifetime mortgages have evolved significantly over the last few years. The industry has risen to the challenge, developing innovative new product features which ensure...

You can’t just turn on a tap and expect housing supply to flow

Yawn and stretch, the government have appointed a new housing Czar in place of the thoroughly discredited Angie Rayner, former Deputy Prime Minister, who...

Alan Cleary: Taking the helm at Chetwood Bank

When Alan Cleary retired from the mortgage industry in 2021 he thought his days of running banks were behind him. After more than three decades...

The sourcing system effect in specialist lending

In specialist lending, the right fit for a client has never been as simple as picking the top rate from a list. In sectors like...

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Market Harborough cuts rates on larger residential loans

Market Harborough Building Society has reduced rates on its larger loan products by as...

Shawbrook promotes Apollonio to lead retail mortgage sales

Shawbrook has promoted Louise Apollonio to sales and distribution director for retail mortgages, as...

Clydesdale Bank raises fixed mortgage rates across core and specialist ranges

Clydesdale Bank is set to raise a range of fixed mortgage rates from Monday,...

Growth in online auctions reshaping UK property market

The UK property auction market is being rapidly transformed by digital platforms, with record...