Commercial

Cumberland BS refinances Scottish countryside retreat business

Monachyle Mhor, Mhor 84 and Calair Cottage, an award-winning collection of retreats nestled in...

Luxury fabrics company secures financing facility from IGF

Designers Guild, a firm working in the design and wholesale industry for furnishing fabrics...

Mint Property Finance expands underwriting team

Mint Property Finance has welcomed two new team members to its underwriting department. The first...

Shawbrook provides bespoke funding for Essex housing developments

3A Projects Ltd, a property development company, has received bespoke financial support from Shawbrook...

MT Finance joins SimplyBiz Mortgages lender panel

SimplyBiz Mortgages has announced the appointment of specialist lender MT Finance to its lender...

Shawbrook adds new fixes and updates ERCs

Shawbrook has unveiled two new mortgage products for its buy-to-let, commercial and semi-commercial ranges. The...

FIBA expands lender panel

The Financial Intermediary and Broker Association (FIBA) has announced the addition of Onyx Money...

Time Finance expand asset finance team

Time Finance has announced the appointment of Morgan Lee as broker manager in its...

Simply Asset Finance posts £3.2m H1 pre-tax profit

Specialist business lending provider, Simply Asset Finance, has announced profits of £3.2 million for...

Reward appoints business development director for Wales & SW

Reward Finance Group has appointed David Owen as business development director to increase the...

Paragon provides £5.4m development finance facility

Paragon Bank’s development finance division has provided a £5.4 million finance package for the...

Assetz Capital provides £2.75m dev exit facility

Assetz Capital has reported a recent agreement for a development exit loan in Frome,...

Silbury Finance provides £67m loan for 341-home development

Silbury Finance, the Oaktree Capital Management-backed development lender, has provided a £67 million senior...

InterBay launches Select Partners for bridging

InterBay has launched Select Partners, a new partner proposition which offers exclusive access to...

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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