Commercial

Saxon Trust unveils new development exit products

Saxon Trust has introduced its new Market & Sell and Finish & Sell development...

Time Finance provides £350k facility to family firm

Time Finance has supported client, Rendit, with a £350,000 invoice finance facility to fund...

Brokers say development finance “hotter” than bridging

Nearly half of brokers operating in the specialist lending space think development finance is...

Investec provides £35m for South London student development

Investec Real Estate has provided Tribe, a London and Southeast-focused student housing developer, with...

Alternative Bridging expands sales team

Alternative Bridging Corporation has bolstered its field sales operation with the appointment of Jon...

UTB funds £30m South London development

United Trust Bank (UTB) is funding a £30m mixed use residential and commercial development...

Reward Finance Group makes two hires in North West

Reward Finance Group has bolstered its Manchester team with the appointment of two new...

Allica Bank hits deposits milestone

Allica Bank, the SME challenger bank, has raised over £1 billion in deposits from...

Shawbrook cuts commercial investment rates

Shawbrook has made a reduction in rates across its Commercial and Semi-Commercial Investment offerings,...

Hampshire Trust Bank unveils new asset finance appointment

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has appointed Bill Moffat as sales manager within its asset...

Many SMEs unaware of asset-based lending

New research from Nucleus Commercial Finance has found that 41% of business leaders are...

Recognise completes £2m commercial deal in 23 days

Recognise Bank has completed a £2 million loan for a Manchester city centre office...

BFS predicts 20% national growth in coming months

Short term lender, Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS), has doubled its lending over the past...

Pink Pig Loans helps business buy property to secure future

Pink Pig Loans has secured a £210,000 commercial loan for a local business, ensuring...

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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