Commercial

InterBay completes £42.5m portfolio refinance

InterBay has provided financing on a complex refinance deal totalling £42.5m, comprising of 94...

FOLK2FOLK appoints head of business development

FOLK2FOLK has announced Carlos Howard as its new head of business development. Howard (pictured) has over...

HTB provides £9.5m towards portfolio restructure

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has completed a £9.5 million loan as part of a...

Atom bank adds pair of apprentices to commercial lending team

Atom bank has appointed two new apprentices to work with its commercial lending intermediary...

Black & White Bridging secures £100m funding line

Black & White Bridging has agreed a major new funding line of £100 million. It...

CapitalRise completes £8m senior development loan

CapitalRise has closed a £8.22 million senior development loan for a residential project in...

MBE outlines London seminar programme

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) has published details of the seminar programme for its London...

West One Loans merges bridging and development finance teams

West One Loans has merged its bridging and development finance arms into a single...

Black & White Bridging appoints non-executive director

Black & White Bridging has appointed a new non-executive director (NED). Retired solicitor,...

Commercial brokers report rising demand for complex loan solutions

Commercial finance brokers are seeing a significant rise in client requests to support more...

Suros Capital added to SPF Private Clients’ panel

SPF Private Client has added short term luxury asset lender, Suros Capital, to its...

Assetz Capital structures £9.9m Leicester hotel deal with Atom bank

Assetz Capital has structured a funding package of £9.95m facility for VOCO Leicester Hotel...

New branding and strategic direction for Reward Funding

Reward Funding has refreshed its brand identity and unveiled a new strategic direction, with...

Q&A: Conor McDermott, LHV Bank

BestAdvice fires the questions at Conor McDermott, director of SME Lending at LHV Bank. BestAdvice...

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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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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