Commercial

Record month for CrowdProperty

CrowdProperty has now funded over £600,000,000 of property projects. This follows a record-breaking September with...

HTB appoints deputy managing director for development finance

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has appointed Uliana Kuzmis as deputy managing director within its...

Pitch 4 Finance unveils new identity

Pitch 4 Finance has relaunched as Provide Finance. The platform features a panel of more...

Retirement living specialist secures £59 million investment loan

Silbury Finance, the Oaktree Capital Management-backed development lender, has provided Audley Group, the UK...

Time Finance accredited under latest Recovery Loan Scheme

Time Finance has become an accredited lender under the government’s latest iteration of the...

Crystal Specialist Finance unveils new website

Specialist finance distributor, Crystal Specialist Finance, has launched a new website which focuses on...

Enra merges Vantage and Enterprise

Enra Specialist Finance has launched a new specialist finance broker, Aria Finance, by merging...

Alternative Bridging appoints BDM from within

Alternative Bridging Corporation has promoted Taylor Osunsedo to the position of business development manager...

Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance hires London portfolio and structuring director

Secure Trust Bank has expanded its commercial finance arm, with the appointment of Stuart...

Allica Bank reaches profitability

SME fintech lender Allica has said that it reached profitability in close to record...

Reward provides over £5m in Midland funding

Reward Finance Group has provided £5.2m of funding to SMEs in the first year...

Brickflow launches broker loan sourcing & packaging platform

Development finance comparison site, Brickflow, is inviting selected mortgage brokers to trial the Beta...

Redwood Bank unveils fixed rate mortgages

A specialist business bank has launched its first fixed rate mortgages to provide its...

Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance increases loan balances by almost 15%

The commercial finance arm of listed specialist bank, Secure Trust Bank, reported that lending...

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The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Why the government’s housing ambitions won’t fix the affordability crisis

With the bidding open for the government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme - the main pillar of its long-term housing strategy - homebuying...

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...

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Click2Check adds ID verification to adviser compliance platform

Click2Check has added an identity verification service to its digital compliance platform, aimed at...

Atom points to growing near-prime hurdle for first-time buyers

First-time buyers with thin credit files or minor historic credit issues are becoming a...

Landlords move to regain possession before Renters’ Rights Act changes

Landlords stepped up possession activity in March as the 1 May implementation of the...

The Marsden appoints chief customer officer

Marsden Building Society has appointed Julia Brook as chief customer officer. Brook (pictured) will be...

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