Commercial

Paragon expands Green Homes Initiative fund to £300m

Paragon Bank’s development finance division has expanded its Green Homes Initiative by an extra...

Time Finance expands business development team

Time Finance has welcomed Dan Murphy as business development manager in its invoice finance...

CSF sees record growth in first three months of 2024

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has recorded its best start to a year as it...

Quantum Mortgages welcomes L&C Mortgages to panel

Quantum Mortgages, the specialist buy-to-let lender, has announced the addition of L&C Mortgages to...

CrowdProperty introduces “instant” DIPs

Platform-based property development finance provider, CrowdProperty, has launch "instant" Decisions in Principle (iDIP). With CrowdProperty’s...

Time Finance appoints invoice finance BDM

Time Finance has welcomed Jason Poxon as business development manager in its invoice finance...

HTB revamps property division leadership teams

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has made two senior appointments within its property division. Alex Upton...

Improving commercial mortgage accessibility

The expertise and support required by a variety of borrowers has amplified over the...

Time Finance appoints head of marketing

Time Finance has appointed Caroline McDonald as the new head of marketing to support...

GetGround Commercial Finance joins Fiducia Commercial Network

GetGround Commercial Finance has joined Fiducia Commercial Network as an Appointed Representative (AR). ...

Pluto Finance closes £60m loan for Watford development

Pluto Finance has announced the successful closing of a residential development loan to support...

FIBA adds SWIG Finance to panel

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) has announced that SWIG Finance is the...

Shawbrook funds new-build housing development near Kidderminster

Shawbrook has supported experienced developers with a development finance facility to develop seven large,...

Scottish commercial property market showing green shoots of recovery

Lismore Real Estate Advisors, an independent property advisory firm, has published data which indicates...

COMMENT

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

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ModaMortgages cuts rates with limited edition buy-to-let range

ModaMortgages has launched a limited edition buy-to-let range with rates reduced by up to...

First-time buyers face confidence gap as unexpected costs and delays mount

Nine in 10 first-time buyers believe they understand the home-buying process before starting, but...

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

Family Building Society has appointed Paul Ormonde as a business development manager covering Central...

LendInvest raises £300m through latest Mortimer securitisation

LendInvest has completed its eighth Mortimer residential mortgage-backed securitisation, securing £300 million of funding...

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