Commercial

SME leaders want better financing solutions

One in three UK-based small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) who sought access to finance...

Aldermore provides £2.45m commercial financing

Aldermore has provided a £2.45m loan to Southernwood Capital to help with the purchase...

Recognise Bank provides £550k commercial mortgage

Recognise Bank has completed a £550,000 commercial mortgage for a property investment firm to...

It’s an exciting time for intermediaries

When it comes to specialist finance, I firmly believe that the use of an...

IGF sees year-on-year growth

Asset-based lender Independent Growth Finance (IGF) has announced its latest growth figures, building on...

Sirius completes £1.1m bridge in four days

Sirius Property Finance has completed a £1.1m bridging loan to finance the purchase of...

Together hires new regional account manager for the South

Specialist lender Together has appointed Dan Narwal as a regional account manager covering London...

Alpha Asset Finance partners with Nivo

Alpha Asset Finance is partnering with Nivo to improve its application process and combat...

Atom bank cuts SME fixed rates

Atom banks cut headline rates across its fixed rate commercial mortgage products by up...

Recognise Bank provides ‘blended rate approach’ to £4.2m refinance

Recognise Bank has provided a £4.2 million-plus refinance package for a portfolio investment client. The...

Hampshire Trust Bank strengthens development finance team

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of a business development director and...

Aldermore provides £10.7m loan for Lake District development

Aldermore has provided a £10.7m loan to Russell Armer Homes to deliver a housing...

Hornby secures eight-digit commercial finance facility

Hobby and toy specialist, Hornby Hobbies Ltd has received a £12m combined facility from...

Commercial loans expected to lead businesses’ recovery

Over 70% of financial intermediaries believe their clients will need some form of funding...

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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