Commercial

Leadership team changes in Paragon’s development finance business

Paragon Bank’s development finance business has announced changes to its leadership team, taking effect...

Optimum Finance signs up to SME Finance Charter

Optimum Finance has signed the UK government’s SME Finance Charter, to show its commitment...

Assetz Capital hires relationship director

Assetz Capital has added to its origination team with the appointment of John McDonnell...

Sirius Property Finance offers new development exit product

Sirius Property Finance has launched a new funding line that is uniquely focused on...

Hodge appoints commercial lending senior BDM

Hodge has appointed Stuart Benge as its senior business development manager (BDM) for commercial...

Folk2Folk appoints COO

Folk2Folk, the UK-wide marketplace lender for regional SMEs, has appointed Gary Leitch as its...

Sirius Property Finance appoints senior associate

Sirius Property Finance has announced the recruitment of Ashley Elkin as senior associate. Elkin (pictured) has...

Majority of SMEs preparing for recession

New data from Time Finance has revealed the scale of impact on UK SMEs...

Fiduciam provides £3.62m hybrid development loan

Fiduciam, the bridging and development lender, has provided a £3.62 million loan to assist...

Together lends £300m in one month

Specialist lender Together has broken its all-time lending record for the second month in...

Majority of SMEs investing in sustainability

UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) invested an average of £61,250 on their own...

United Trust Bank begins asset finance digital transformation

United Trust Bank (UTB) has chosen software specialist Alfa to transform the bank’s asset...

£4m shopping centre deal saved from collapse

SPF Short Term Finance has rescued an investor purchasing a £4 million shopping centre...

Investors remain bullish over UK real estate

Investec Real Estate has launched its inaugural The era of real estate innovation: 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...

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Phoebus completes latest SOC 2 Type II assessment

Phoebus Software has renewed its SOC 2 Type II attestation after KPMG assessed the...

Low-deposit mortgage lending climbs 38% to £24.7bn

Mortgage lending at loan-to-value ratios above 90% rose sharply over the past year as...

Stonebridge reports sharp rise in protection policies placed in trust

The proportion of protection policies being placed in trust has risen substantially over the...

Countrywide Surveying adds 35 newly qualified surveyors in 2026

Countrywide Surveying Services has added 35 newly qualified surveyors to its workforce so far...

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