Commercial

Hodge launches mixed use product

Hodge has introduced a new mixed use finance product to support experienced commercial investors wanting...

Funding 365 launches auction valuation fee rebate pledge

Funding 365 has pledged to rebate property valuation fees to increase cash flow for...

Cynergy Business Finance provides £250k ABL facility

Sustainable technologies business, Etesian Green, is planing for growth in 2023, with the help...

Recognise Bank’s parent company delists

Recognise Bank has announced that its parent company, the City of London Group plc,...

More SMEs to invest in sustainability

New data from Time Finance has shed light on the rise of conscious consumerism...

NatWest Bank joins FIBA lender panel

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) has announced the addition of NatWest Bank...

InterBay partners with VAS Panel

InterBay, part of specialist lender OSB Group, has partnered with VAS Panel to help...

ASTL and FIBA invite support for education programme

The ASTL and FIBA have written to members and partners respectively, inviting them to...

Allica Bank extends asset funding range

Allica Bank has extended its asset finance proposition to include soft assets to meet...

HTB launches new ERC Lite and ERC Plus products

Hampshire Trust Bank is launching two new specialist five-year fixed rate residential and semi-commercial...

Quantum Mortgages improves lending criteria

Quantum Mortgages has improved its criteria for lending in Northern Ireland as well as making...

UTB appoints broker development manager for asset finance

United Trust Bank (UTB) has expanded its asset finance sales team with the appointment...

Paragon appoints senior relationship director for development finance 

Paragon Bank’s development finance division has appointed Len Boyd as senior relationship director. Boyd (pictured) has...

Paul Ratcliffe returns to BFS

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed Paul Ratcliffe as managing director for its new...

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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