Commercial

Recognise Bank finances family owned property investment firm

SME specialist Recognise Bank has agreed a £416,000 fixed rate loan solution for a...

UTB funds £15m airspace developments

United Trust Bank (UTB) has provided £10.4m of funding to specialist airspace developers Fruition...

Cynergy Business Finance surpasses £200m in asset-based lending

Cynergy Business Finance (CBF), the asset-based lending (ABL) arm of Cynergy Bank, has surpassed...

Shorewood Homes completes first Paragon Green Homes project

Shorewood Homes has completed the first project under Paragon Development Finance’s Green Homes Initiative....

Signature records record first quarter

Signature Property Finance has posted a record first quarter lending figure of £26.6 million....

Hodge doubles development finance maximum transaction size

Hodge is doubling the maximum lending amount per single transaction across its existing range...

Crystal Specialist Finance reports 26% YOY growth

Crystal Specialist Finance has reported year-on-year completion growth of 26%, with ongoing enquiries up...

Over three-quarters of SMEs worry about cashflow due to late payments

Latest data from Time Finance has uncovered the true impact of late payments for...

Tuscan Capital provides £3.7m holiday let dev exit loan

Tuscan Capital has completed a £3.7 million development exit loan facility for a holiday...

Aspen completes complex refurb bridge for Cambridge development

Aspen Bridging has completed a complex £2.2m refurbishment loan for a developer using two...

Silbury Finance provides £39m site acquisition loan

Silbury Finance, the Oaktree Capital Management-backed development lender, has provided a £39 million senior...

Hope Capital offers 80% LTV on medium & heavy refurbishment

Hope Capital has revamped its residential refurbishment offering by now providing up to 80%...

Mint Property Finance reports record quarter for enquiries

Mint Property Finance has reported a record number of enquiries received in Q1. The specialist...

Paragon provides £2.5m for 10-home Northamptonshire development

Paragon Bank’s development finance division has provided a £2.5 million finance package to support...

COMMENT

ABS 2026 review: Economic factors stemming growth

As the Global ABS conference ended there was no doubt that it was a huge success, with official numbers being confirmed at 5,500 attendees,...

Government support is fundamental to market growth

We’ve seen another week of mainstream lenders reduce their rates with more reductions predicted this coming week. This shows more comfort and confidence around...

Bridging is a natural fit for a Shariah-compliant bridging provider

The UK bridging market is, in many ways, a natural fit for Shariah-compliant finance because both are fundamentally built around real assets, partnership structures...

Why relationships are becoming the mortgage industry’s most valuable asset

Information has never been more accessible, yet confidence in financial services remains relatively low. As technology continues to reshape the market, the value of...

Before brokers invest in AI, they need to ask the right questions

AI has moved quickly from industry talking point to commercial priority. For mortgage brokers, the question is no longer whether AI matters. It is...

Latest news

Atom bank cuts Prime mortgage rates by 15bps across full range

Atom bank has reduced rates across its Prime mortgage range by 15bps, with changes...

The Dudley cuts rates across residential, buy-to-let and expat ranges

Dudley Building Society has reduced rates across its residential, buy-to-let and expat mortgage products,...

Stamp Duty burden soars as tax threshold remains frozen at 2006 level

The Stamp Duty threshold at which homebuyers begin paying tax has remained unchanged since...

Gatehouse launches limited-edition HPPs and cuts selected BTL rates

Gatehouse Bank has introduced a range of limited-edition Home Purchase Plan and buy-to-let products...

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