Commercial

Gosai returns to Brilliant Solutions

Brilliant Solutions has announced the appointment of Sonny Gosai as bridging & commercial director....

SPF Private Clients hires head of asset finance

SPF Private Clients has announced that Charlie Jenkins has joined as head of asset...

Record month for development finance at HTB

HTB's development finance team has reported a new completions record, with June marking the...

Redwood Bank makes BDM promotion

Redwood Bank has promoted Sam Taylor to the role of business development manager (BDM)...

Geo-energy firm secures £500k funding

A Leeds-based firm dedicated to locating subsurface energy and mineral resources to reduce the...

DF Capital secures further British Business Bank funding

The British Business Bank has agreed a second portfolio increase of £100m to specialist...

HTB finances £25m deal for new Leeds neighbourhood

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has completed a £25 million deal with GMV Twelve for...

The rising value of the semi-commercial sector

There’s always a huge amount of talk around the ‘next big thing’ in any...

Shawbrook unveils ‘Switch & Fix’ for existing customers

Shawbrook has introduced ‘Switch & Fix’, a streamlined refinance process to help existing customers...

UTB makes trio of property development appointments

United Trust Bank (UTB) has announced three new appointments in its property development team. The...

Assetz Capital appoints development finance relationship director

Assetz Capital has announced that Mark Roberts has joined the business to lead the...

Hope Capital unveils new ‘finish & exit’ proposition

Hope Capital has made major changes to its residential finish & exit offering, which...

Record quarter for Roma Finance

Roma Finance has reported a record quarter with three back-to-back record months on completions....

British Business Bank launches Growth Guarantee Scheme

Details have been published about the successor to the Recovery Loan Scheme, the Growth...

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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