Commercial

Reward Funding creates head of partnerships role

Reward Funding has appointed Adrian Stalley as its first head of partnerships. Stalley (pictured, centre)...

UTB completes £4m commercial bridge refinance for Merchant Land

United Trust Bank (UTB) Structured Property Finance has completed a £4 million commercial bridge...

SPF Private Clients launches Business Finance division

SPF Private Clients (SPF) is launching a Business Finance division to assist small and...

Majority of UK SMEs overlook independent finance options

A new survey by independent lender Time Finance has revealed that nearly 60% of...

Reward Funding provides £3.4m facility for Greenwich acquisition

A London-based property investment company has expanded its property portfolio, after securing a £3.4m...

Pivot boosts funding 50%

Development lender Pivot has arranged an increase of 50% in its lending capacity from...

Silbury provides extra £33m loan for Old Kent Road scheme

Silbury Finance, the Oaktree Capital Management-backed specialist lender, has upsized and extended an existing...

Inspired Lending become BDLA member

Inspired Lending has become the latest short-term lender to join the Bridging & Development...

Q&A: George Chipperfield, LHV Bank

Mortgage Soup fires the questions at George Chipperfield, lending director at LHV Bank. Mortgage Soup...

CrowdProperty appoints Steve Deutsch as CEO

CrowdProperty has announced the appointment of Steve Deutsch as its new chief executive officer...

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) partners with Atom bank

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) has added Atom bank to its lender panel. The deal provides...

Skipton Business Finance finances recycled plastic baling firm

Skipton Business Finance has provided six-figure support for a Lancashire-based company that has developed...

Time Finance welcomes BDM to invoice finance team

Time Finance has appointed Jamie O’Neill as an invoice finance business development manager (BDM). O'Neill...

Inspired Lending loans £400k for Devon commercial refurbishment project

Short-term lender Inspired Lending has provided a £400,000 funding facility to support the refurbishment...

COMMENT

Mortgage maturity: A golden opportunity for advisers

Around 1.8 million fixed-rate mortgage deals are due to come to an end in 2026, adding to the 1.6 million mortgages that already matured...

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,...

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Skipton loses former Connells chief’s discrimination case

Skipton Group Holdings and Connells have lost an employment tribunal case brought by former...

IMLA supports flexible mortgage rules but says housing supply remains key

Mortgage lenders have backed proposals to give first-time buyers and other underserved borrowers greater...

Mortgage borrowing jumps to £7.7bn

Net mortgage borrowing more than doubled to £7.7bn in June, up from £3.3bn in...

AMI says mortgage rule reforms must keep advice at their core

Proposals to give lenders greater flexibility must be supported by mortgage advice if they...

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