Commercial

Private equity firm takes minority stake in United Trust Bank

United Trust Bank (UTB) has revealed that an agreement has been reached between its...

Bibby Financial Services appoints HR director

SME funder, Bibby Financial Services (BFS), has appointed Hannah Bloxham as its new HR...

Q&A: Jaxon Stevens, ASG Finance

Mortgage Soup fires the questions at Jaxon Stevens, relationship director at ASG Finance. Mortgage Soup...

The Cumberland adds new sectors to commercial offering

The Cumberland Building Society has expanded its commercial offering to cater to a range...

LHV Bank completes £7.4m retail parade refinancing

LHV Bank has announced the completion of a £7.4m refinancing facility for a property...

Time Finance appoints head of sales for SW and Wales

Time Finance has announced that Mike Freebury has taken up the role within its...

HTB provides £11m loan for student flats scheme

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has completed a £10.92 million development finance facility to fund...

Aldermore supports management buy-in with asset finance facility

Aldermore bank has provided a multi-million pound asset based lending (ABL) facility to Astwood...

Suros Capital funds renovation of student flats within 24 hours

Suros Capital has provided a fast funding solution for a client who needed a...

Sirius Finance completes Sussex pub transaction

Sirius Finance has completed a multi-million-pound deal to fund the purchase of a new...

Finova Broker adds Norton Broker Services to club panel

Norton Broker Services has been added to the finova Payment & Mortgage Services’ (fPMS)...

Leveraging commercial finance in a positive market

The commercial property market in the UK is showing signs of resilience and growth....

Pluto Finance completes £2.5m commercial refurb loan

Pluto Finance has funded the refurbishment of a commercial property in Basildon, Essex, to...

United Trust Bank expands asset finance team in Scotland

United Trust Bank (UTB) has appointed Eleanor Russell-Blackburn as a business development manager to...

COMMENT

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

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ModaMortgages cuts rates with limited edition buy-to-let range

ModaMortgages has launched a limited edition buy-to-let range with rates reduced by up to...

First-time buyers face confidence gap as unexpected costs and delays mount

Nine in 10 first-time buyers believe they understand the home-buying process before starting, but...

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

Family Building Society has appointed Paul Ormonde as a business development manager covering Central...

LendInvest raises £300m through latest Mortimer securitisation

LendInvest has completed its eighth Mortimer residential mortgage-backed securitisation, securing £300 million of funding...

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