Commercial

Sancus joins Knowledge Bank platform

Sancus has joined the Knowledge Bank platform as a short-term property finance provider. Knowledge Bank...

Retail vacancy rates marginally improve

The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has reported that, In the fourth quarter of 2021, the...

UTB’s property development loan book exceeds £1bn

United Trust Bank’s property development loan book has exceeded £1 billion for the first...

Saxon Trust appoints financial controller

Marc Osterley has been appointed as financial controller at Saxon Trust. A Chartered Management Accountant,...

UTB grows team as it targets sector expansion

United Trust Bank (UTB) is targeting an improvement on its record 2021 asset finance...

Record December for asset-based lender

Asset-based lender, Independent Growth Finance (IGF), has reported £140m of new lending in the...

Fiduciam secures extra £400m funding and cuts rates

Fiduciam has secured £400 million of new funding to be lent in 2022. As...

Sirius provides leveraged loan for HMO conversion project

Sirius Property Finance has structured a bespoke development loan to provide 87% of purchase...

Roma Finance appoints bridging & development specialist

Roma Finance has announced the appointment of Samantha Williamson as bridging & development specialist. Williamson...

InterBay lowers semi-commercial and commercial rates

InterBay has cut rates across all of its semi-commercial and commercial ranges, is providing...

UK SMEs optimistic for the year ahead

57% of UK SMEs have a positive financial outlook for 2022, according to Legal and...

Bridging lender appoints two new BDMs

Alternative Bridging Corporation has added two new business development managers (BDMs) to its sales...

Restaurant deal saved by watch collection

Suros Capital has advanced £53,200 to a restauranteur against a collection of Rolex, Hublot...

Tuscan Capital unveils commercial bridging proposition

Tuscan Capital has entered the commercial lending market with the launch of its first-ever...
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COMMENT

Opinions & blogs

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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Technology

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...
Appointments

Morrow hire to lead intermediary growth strategy

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

Russell Quirk calls out broken transaction system

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

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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