Commercial

Semi-commercial application assisted by manual underwriting

Redwood Bank has helped a landlord looking to remortgage his property to repay an...

Time Finance opens new asset finance office for the North

Independent business finance provider, Time Finance, has moved into new office premises at The...

London Credit to cut rates this week

Short-term lender, London Credit, is to introduce new product rates on Friday, 8 November. It...

Recognise secures new investment as chair and CEO step down

Recognise Bank has secured £25m in new capital from its majority shareholder, bringing the...

SPF secures £26.8m development loan

Broker SPF Private Clients (SPF) has arranged a £26.8m development loan on the 444-acre...

eCapital Commercial Finance acquires Optimum SME Finance

Optimum SME Finance, a specialist invoice financier, has been acquired by eCapital Commercial Finance. Ant...

Assetz Capital unveils 9.35% dev finance rate

Assetz Capital has announced the launch of a new 9.35% development finance rate, available...

Time Finance expands business development team with new hire

Time Finance has welcomed Sion Street as a business development manager in its invoice...

Bad debt rise hitting small businesses hard

The value of bad debt suffered by small businesses has risen by 127%, according...

Atom bank extends commercial mortgage discount

Atom bank has extended the rate discount available on its range of large commercial...

The Brightstar Group launches Specialist Lending Expo

The Brightstar Group has announced The Specialist Lending Expo, which it claims will assemble...

Reward Funding appoints head of treasury

SME finance provider, Reward Funding, has appointed Tom Dundas to help establish a new...

Fiduciam expands funding with additional £100m facility

Fiduciam has secured £100 million of new funding to be deployed over the next...

Time Finance appoints invoice finance BDM

Time Finance has welcomed Naomi Campion as a business development manager in its invoice...

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

First-time buyer squeeze deepens as mortgage rates climb

First-time buyers with small deposits face mounting pressure as average mortgage rates rise and...

Mortgage costs push sales 9% lower

Higher mortgage rates have contributed to a sharper-than-usual summer housing slowdown, with sales agreed...

Access FS appoints Alan Baldwin as compliance director

Access Financial Services has appointed Alan Baldwin as director of compliance as it expands...

Mortgage-backed Swansea auction sale completes in six days

A mortgage-financed property purchase in Swansea has completed six days after the draft contract...

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