Commercial

Atom bank commercial mortgage book passes £1bn milestone

Atom bank has passed £1bn of commercial mortgages held on its balance sheet, underlining...

Asset Advantage to hold broker roadshows on deal structuring around the UK

Asset Advantage is embarking on a series of regional events aimed at helping commercial...

Paragon strengthens SME lending push with senior business development hire

Paragon Bank has appointed Richard van Dort as head of business development vendor within...

Redwood backs assisted living expansion with HMO funding package

Redwood Bank, working with Propp Limited, has provided funding for three HMOs in Guildford,...

Time Finance appoints broker manager to support £300m lending target

Time Finance has strengthened its asset finance team with a new broker appointment as...

Aldermore strengthens invoice finance team with senior business development hire

Aldermore has appointed Anthony Hicks as business development manager within its invoice finance team,...

Housing and commercial activity hit pandemic-era lows

The UK construction sector ended 2025 in deep contraction though the pace of decline...

Aspen cuts rates by 60bps across its specialist lending range

Aspen has begun 2026 with a series of rate reductions across its entire product...

Charles Street named patron lender of NACFB

Specialist lender Charles Street has been appointed as an official patron lender of the...

Hope Capital Property Finance posts sharp rise in activity heading into new year

Hope Capital Property Finance has entered the new year reporting a marked uplift in...

Mortgage borrowing edges higher as remortgaging activity picks up

Net mortgage lending rose in November, supported by a further increase in remortgaging approvals,...

2026 forecasts: Atom bank

Chris Storey, chief commercial officer at Atom bank, provides his thoughts on the residential...

The Cumberland sets sights on 2026 after expanding support for regional businesses

The Cumberland Building Society says it is well positioned to continue backing businesses across...

Together bolsters corporate portfolio team with senior banking hires

Property lender Together has expanded its Corporate Portfolio team as it continues to scale...

COMMENT

Mutual strength and the broker partnership

The mutual sector has always been associated with community purpose, local branches and a member-first approach that feels a little different to the wider...

First-time, accidental or professional? How the landlord profile is shifting in 2026

One of the most common misconceptions that people have about the buy-to-let market is that landlords are a single, uniform group. The reality is...

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Latest news

The Vernon hires internal BDM to expand intermediary reach

Vernon Building Society has appointed Damien Sabbaghe as intermediary business development manager as it...

Coventry trims first-time buyer and limited company buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has cut selected mortgage rates for first-time buyers and limited company...

TRM adds to PMI team with supervision & development manager hire

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has appointed Gemma Penkethman as PMI supervision &...

Rental yields rise across England and Wales as buy-to-let market enters more volatile period

Rental yields increased annually in every region of England and Wales in the first...

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