Commercial

Colenko launches free valuations and legals promotion

Colenko has launched its Euro Fever promotion, which includes a Euro-themed perk for brokers. The...

Civil Rail Solutions secures £3m BFS funding

Civil Rail Solutions Limited (CRS), a labour supplier for the rail and construction industries,...

Atom bank completes commercial deal in 37 days

Atom bank recently completed a commercial mortgage within 37 working days. MHC Property Limited, an...

Time Finance bolsters business development team

Time Finance has welcomed Donna Lambert as a business development manager (BDM) in its...

Shawbrook unveils three development finance hires

Shawbrook has bolstered its development finance team with three new appointments. The lender has appointed...

JMT Finance completes rapid exit facility

JMT Finance, the commercial property lender, has completed an exit facility for a project...

Atom bank cuts large commercial mortgage rates

Atom bank has announced a series of rate reductions on its commercial mortgage range,...

Optimum Finance appoints senior regional director

Optimum Finance has promoted Paul Green to senior regional director. Green (pictured) will...

Landlords increasingly investing in semi-commercial properties

Landlords are increasingly moving towards semi-commercial property, with applications almost doubling in 2024 compared...

Bathgate supports pub group’s expansion

Bathgate Business Finance has supported the expansion of a local pub group through a...

Time Finance hires invoice finance relationship manager

Time Finance has appointed Georgina Harrison as relationship manager in its invoice finance team. Harrison...

HREF provides £5.4m North West office development loan

Specialist bridging lender Hilco Real Estate Finance (HREF) has completed a £5.4m loan secured...

Rise in business demand for bridging finance

Bridging Trends contributors have reported £196.2 million in bridging loan transactions during the first...

21Finance secures finance to avoid repossession

21Finance has come to the rescue of client whose commercial and residential property was...

COMMENT

Cutting stamp duty will make the housing crisis worse

Every time the housing market stalls the same thing happens and people call for stimulus, this time: abolish stamp duty. The logic feels intuitive -...

The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

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TAB promotes Bonner to chief risk officer

Specialist lender TAB has appointed Jack Bonner as chief risk officer as it continues...

Skipton BS lowers residential rates

Skipton Building Society is reducing rates across parts of its residential mortgage range from...

AMI refreshes brand to reflect advice, mortgages and insurance focus

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries has launched a brand refresh intended to reflect its...

IMLA guide explains why fixed mortgage rates can rise before Bank Rate moves

IMLA has published a report and five-minute guide to help advisers explain how swap...

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