Commercial

Cammaro enters PBSA sector in £32 million deal with Paragon Bank

Cammaro has secured a funding facility and stabilisation loan from Paragon Bank’s Development Finance...

Pivot welcomes NED to leadership team

Specialist development finance lender Pivot has announced the addition of Graham Emmett to its leadership...

British Business Bank reports 9% YOY rise in Start Up Loans volumes

The Start Up Loans programme from the British Business Bank’s saw a 9% rise...

Pluto Finance provides £15.4m loan for Wiltshire housing development expansion

Pluto Finance has completed a £15.4 million loan to Backhouse Housing for Phase 2...

Time Finance hires head of risk

Time Finance has appointed Greg Hussey as head of risk in its invoice finance...

Commercial mortgage brokers reveal their wishlists for the year ahead

The latest SME Pulse survey from Atom bank has revealed what commercial mortgage brokers...

Assetz Capital to increase focus on London and South East dev finance

Assetz Capital has revealed that it is extending its focus in London and the...

LHV Bank provides £7m commercial loan

LHV Bank has completed a £7 million commercial investment loan to refinance debt secured...

Atom bank cuts variable and fixed commercial rates

Atom bank has reduced the rates across its range of fixed and variable commercial...

Sirius Finance reports record quarterly performance

Sirius Finance has revealed its best quarterly performance in the final three months of...

Close Brothers Property Finance appoints MD for structured finance

Close Brothers Property Finance has announced the appointment of Chiara Caldwell to the newly...

OSB Group promotions to focus on bridging and commercial demand

OSB Group has announced promotions within its sales teams to "strengthen its expertise and...

UTB and Iron Bridge Finance partner over £10m development

United Trust Bank (UTB) Property Development has worked with Iron Bridge Finance to fund...

Pivot hires head of credit

Pivot has appointed Chris King as head of credit. King (pictured) has worked in banking...

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,...

Latest news

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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