Commercial

Saxon Trust completes £850k ground up development loan

Saxon Trust has completed an £850,000 senior development facility, fully funding the construction and...

UTB appoints head of credit for asset finance 

United Trust Bank (UTB) has Jon Phillips to the new role of head of...

UTB funds £13m Lincolnshire development

United Trust Bank (UTB) is supporting the construction of a new £13.6m housing development...

Aldermore makes asset finance appointments

Aldermore has appointed Simon Lefevre as its head of wholesale and Chris Smith as...

Bibby Financial Services appoints head of sales for corporate North

SME financier, Bibby Financial Services (BFS), has appointed Daniel Williams as head of sales...

Brilliant Solutions removes upfront bridging and commercial fees

Brilliant Solutions has revised its bridging and commercial offering to ensure clients pay no...

Time Finance appoints head of relationship management

Time Finance has announced the appointment of Kevin Howard to head of relationship management...

HTB Structured Asset Finance completes £3m deal

HTB Structured Asset Finance has completed a £3m asset refinance to assist a container...

Redwood Bank makes BDM hire

Redwood Bank has appointed a new business development manager (BDM). Rob Thompson will be...

One Stop Business Finance secures Shawbrook facility boost

Specialist lender, One Stop Business Finance, has secured an extension of up to £4...

23% growth in Shawbrook loan book

Shawbrook Group has issued its trading update for the three months ended 30 September...

Catalyst appoints intermediary relationship manager

Catalyst has appointed Ciaran Courtney as a new intermediary relationship manager. Courtney joins the specialist...

HH Business Finance reports over 200% growth

HH Business Finance (HHBF) has reported strong growth in 2022 through its range of...

Assetz Capital appoints development specialist

Assetz Capital has appointed Sinead Moynihan as relationship director. In her new role, Moynihan...

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...

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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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