Commercial

VAS Audit launches personalised AVMs

VAS Audit has launched Valuation Desktop+ for lenders who require the speed and flexibility...

Huge SME business loan protection gap identified

Legal & General has estimated that £672 billion of corporate borrowing by SMEs is...

Allica Bank revamps commercial mortgage range 

Allica Bank has revised its commercial mortgage products, including reducing interest rates and increasing...

Two new recruits at Alternative Bridging Corporation

Alternative Bridging Corporation has appointed a new underwriter and a case manager. Robert Seymour has...

Shawbrook bolsters commercial investment offering

Shawbrook has made changes to its commercial investment proposition to increase support for owner-occupied...

Go Business Loans secures further investment

Go Business Loans, a business loans provider based in South Wales, has secured a...

West One provides seven-day loan turnaround for £11.6m build

West One Loans has turned around a development finance loan in seven days. The lender...

Hope Capital reports record year

Hope Capital has reported that its 2021/22 financial year was strongest year in its...

Aspen unveils new development exit & refurb product

Aspen has made changes to its offering, unveiling a new development exit & refurbishment...

Funding 365 provides £7.2m for 50 Peterborough flats

Funding 365 has completed a £7.2 million 75% LTV development exit loan at a...

Roma Finance cuts bridging and development rates

Roma Finance has reduced rates and improved criteria across the product range. Rates for standard...

Upton to lead HTB’s development finance division

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) is expanding its development finance proposition to nearly double to...

Allica Bank improves commercial mortgage proposition

Allica Bank has revised its commercial mortgage products, reducing interest rates and increasing the...

Castle Trust Bank appoints director of proposition & strategy

Castle Trust Bank has appointed Anna Lewis to the newly created role of director of...

COMMENT

Hobson’s Choice: Which root canal treatment would you prefer, Sir?

Now that Andy Pandy from ‘oop norf’ is de facto the Prime Minister elect and will shortly be choosing the colour scheme of No...

A week of progress and reassurance

The past week has brought further reassurance for borrowers. With the Bank of England holding the base rate as expected and inflation remaining steady...

ABS 2026 review: Economic factors stemming growth

As the Global ABS conference ended there was no doubt that it was a huge success, with official numbers being confirmed at 5,500 attendees,...

Government support is fundamental to market growth

We’ve seen another week of mainstream lenders reduce their rates with more reductions predicted this coming week. This shows more comfort and confidence around...

Bridging is a natural fit for a Shariah-compliant bridging provider

The UK bridging market is, in many ways, a natural fit for Shariah-compliant finance because both are fundamentally built around real assets, partnership structures...

Latest news

Confidence in household finances falls as more families fear impact of unexpected shocks

Nearly a third of UK adults are not confident their household could withstand an...

Landbay cuts Premier buy-to-let rates again as five-year fixes down 17bps

Landbay has reduced rates across its Premier buy-to-let range for the second time this...

Kensington trims rates across buy-to-let product range

Kensington Mortgages has reduced rates across a number of its buy-to-let mortgage products, with...

Home insurance costs much more for married homeowners

Married homeowners are paying substantially more for home insurance than single households, according to...

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