Commercial

Time Finance appoints head of marketing

Time Finance has announced that Kate Brown has taken up a new role within...

Hodge revamps commercial product offering

Hodge has made changes to its commercial property proposition, with a new commercial investment...

£16m industrial estate sold for mixed use redevelopment 

Eastwood has sold its 7.5 acre Hertford Industrial Estate site in Caxton Hill, Hertford,...

Inflation biggest worry for SMEs over coming year

WorkLife’s latest Small Business Monitor has found that high inflation is the greatest challenge...

Barclays expands Groundsure environmental screening arrangement

Barclays has expanded its agreement with environmental analytics business Groundsure to start screening commercial...

Reward Finance supports Yorkshire SMEs with £50m

Reward Finance Group has provided over 140 SMEs with an additional £50m of funding...

Allica Bank launches fixed rate commercial mortgage range

Allica Bank has added fixed rate commercial mortgages to its portfolio of SME lending...

Bridge Help appoints new BDM

Commercial bridging loan provider, Bridge Help, has appointed a new business development manager. Tina Panayi...

Allica Bank expands care home commercial mortgage banking team

Allica Bank is growing its specialist care home commercial mortgage banking team with the...

Alternative Bridging hires internal BDM

Alternative Bridging Corporation has expanded its sales operation with the appointment of a new...

HTB makes vehicle asset finance hire

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has appointed Scott Riley as sales manager, specialist cars and...

UTB makes three property development sales appointments

United Trust Bank (UTB) has appointed three new property development directors and managers. Neil Birse...

Fiduciam backs first-time developer with £1.2m loan

Fiduciam has supported a first-time developer in Southampton with a £1.26m development loan at...

Allica Bank extends care home banking team

Allica Bank is growing its specialist care home commercial mortgage banking team with the...

COMMENT

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

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...

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Coadjute joins FCA AI testing programme as conveyancers face tougher AML regime

Coadjute has joined the Financial Conduct Authority’s AI Live Testing programme as conveyancing firms...

Morrow hire to lead intermediary growth strategy

Morrow has appointed Amit Gupta as financial services director as it looks to expand...

Russell Quirk calls out broken transaction system

UK mortgage and property professionals have been urged to rethink the homebuying process after Russell...

Newcastle updates broker portal for faster product transfers

Newcastle for Intermediaries has upgraded its broker portal to make product transfers quicker and...

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