Commercial

Aldermore provides £10m+ commercial loan

Aldermore has assisted with the refinance of a mixed industrial and office portfolio worth...

Time Finance makes new BDM appointment

Time Finance has announced the appointment of Neil Fullbrook as business development manager in...

Allica Bank increases credit appetite

Allica Bank has made significant changes to its commercial mortgage credit appetite with cuts...

SMEs’ bad debt levels up 61%

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has published research which it says shows the extent to...

Assetz Capital provides £2.83m development facility

Assetz Capital has funded a loan of £2.83 million for a new residential development...

Envelop appoints Midlands-based BDM

Envelop has further bolstered its sales support team with the addition of Neil Nisbet...

HTB partners with Finova Payment and Mortgage Services

Finova Payment and Mortgage Services has partnered with specialist lender Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB). HTB...

MT Finance expands buy-to-let availability to all brokers

MT Finance has now extended availability of its buy-to-let product across the market, having...

Allica Bank launches five-year interest-only commercial mortgages

Allica Bank has extended its owner-occupier commercial mortgage offering to include interest-only terms of...

Aldermore provides £7.1m development loan

Aldermore has provided a £7.14m property development loan to Hollins Homes Limited, a well...

Reward boosts London and South East team

Reward Finance Group has appointed Tom Annetts as its new relationship manager, as it...

Optimum Finance appoints account executive

Bristol-based invoice finance provider Optimum Finance has appointed David Tugwell as an account executive...

Reynold to replace Tyler as FIBA chair

The Financial & Intermediary Broker Association (FIBA) has announced that, from 1 May, Martin...

One Stop Business Finance reaches significant milestone

York-based alternative funding provider, One Stop Business Finance Group, has exceeded £20m for the...

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...

Latest news

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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