Commercial

Promotion for Apps at HTB

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has promoted Scott Apps to the new role of head...

Paragon Bank appoints development finance relationship director

Paragon Bank has appointed Karl Kent as relationship director for on Yorkshire and North...

Commercial conversions can deliver for developers and landlords alike

If there is one thing that everyone in the housing market will agree on,...

HTB expands development finance team

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the expansion of its development finance team with...

Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance appoints portfolio and structuring director

Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance (STB CF) has announced the appointment of Will Duxbury...

West One Loans hits short-term completions record

West One Loans’ short-term lending divisions achieved record completions of more than £1bn in...

Shawbrook introduces smaller commercial mortgage loan sizes

Shawbrook has unveiled a new lower limit loan size of £150,000 for its commercial...

Allica Bank funds mascot manufacturer’s premises expansion

A commercial mortgage from Allica Bank has enabled Rainbow Productions, a character and costume...

Atom bank saves property firm £375k

Atom bank has provided a £3.7 million commercial loan to an Edinburgh-based property investment...

Cynergy Business Finance appoints new corporate sales director

Asset-based lending specialist, Cynergy Business Finance (CBF), has added to its team with the...

Aldermore provides £47m refinance loan to Leeds property firm

Aldermore Bank has provided a subsidiary of the Pickard Properties Group with a £47m...

Smart Money People reveal firms with highest broker-ranked BDMs

Smart Money People, the financial services review site, has found that InterBay and Landbay...

LHV Bank makes key appointments to bolster SME lending

LHV Bank has made changes to its SME lending business with the appointment of...

Optimum Finance appoints national head of sales

Iain Hendry has been promoted to the position of national head of sales for...

COMMENT

Kevin Tunnicliffe on ending the race to the bottom

This was always going to be a tricky interview. I’ve known Kevin Tunnicliffe, chief executive officer of Sort Group, which includes Sort Refer, for...

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts limited company buy-to-let rates for brokers

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected limited company buy-to-let rates by up to 20...

Paragon Bank introduces limited edition 60% LTV buy-to-let products

Paragon Bank has expanded its buy-to-let range with a new tranche of 60% loan-to-value...

TwentyCi hires Nick Huntley to lead sales at TwentyEA and TwentyConvey

TwentyCi has appointed Nick Huntley as sales director for TwentyEA and TwentyConvey as the...

HSBC cuts mortgage rates by up to 34bps across core ranges

HSBC UK has reduced mortgage rates across its product range, with cuts of up...

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