Semi-commercial

It’s time for brokers to diversify into the specialist sector

The practice of diversifying your investments has long been a mantra of investors, to...

HTB completes first Sirius bridging case in three weeks

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has provided the funding for the refinancing of a semi-commercial...

Shawbrook funds purpose-built student accommodation in Durham

Three Tuns Development, a joint venture between two professional property developers Simon Williams and...

HTB provides £12.1m specialist BTL loan

Hampshire Trust Bank's (HTB) specialist mortgage division has completed another large loan as it...

Hope Capital cuts rates on deals over £1m

Hope Capital has reduced rates on all cases over £1 million. The specialist short-term lender’s...

Tuscan Capital provides £3.7m holiday let dev exit loan

Tuscan Capital has completed a £3.7 million development exit loan facility for a holiday...

Hope Capital offers 80% LTV on medium & heavy refurbishment

Hope Capital has revamped its residential refurbishment offering by now providing up to 80%...

HTB partners with Finova Payment and Mortgage Services

Finova Payment and Mortgage Services has partnered with specialist lender Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB). HTB...

MT Finance expands buy-to-let availability to all brokers

MT Finance has now extended availability of its buy-to-let product across the market, having...

Shawbrook makes BTL and semi-commercial changes

Shawbrook has announced a range of changes across its semi-commercial and specialist buy-to-let products for...

Hampshire Trust Bank becomes new FIBA lender partner

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) has announced that Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB)...

Hope Capital introduces two new products

Hope Capital has launched two new products: Bridge 2 Let and Term 2 Rent. The...

Hampshire Trust Bank reduces 5-year BTL fixed rates

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has made major changes to its specialist buy-to-let mortgage offering,...

InterBay expands legal panel

InterBay, part of lending OSB Group, has expanded its legal panel to help speed...

COMMENT

The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

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Halifax retains top spot in broker satisfaction survey

Halifax has once again been named the best overall lender for broker experience in...

Nationwide cuts switcher mortgage rates for existing borrowers

Nationwide is reducing rates across its switcher mortgage range for existing customers by up...

Hinckley & Rugby adds visa mortgage products to offering

Hinckley & Rugby for intermediaries has launched four two-year discount visa mortgage products across...

NatWest strengthens broker support with intermediary team expansion

NatWest has expanded its intermediary leadership team with the creation of two new corporate...

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