Development finance

Reasons to be positive

The first two months of 2024 have certainly been more positive for the market...

Bridging Finance Solutions boosts BDM team

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has added short term finance specialist, Andy Morgan, to its...

Rob Syrett takes new role at HTB

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the promotion of Rob Syrett to a new...

MBE North speakers and panellists revealed

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) has revealed its lineup of speakers and panellists for its...

Property investors remain bullish despite challenges

Property investors in the UK are optimistic for the year ahead, despite facing persistent...

Magnet Capital joins ASTL

Magnet Capital has become the latest lender member to join the Association of Short...

UTB funds £23m luxury apartment development

United Trust Bank (UTB) is supporting Stephens + Stephens’ development of 32 luxury apartments...

Aspen Bridging reaches lending milestone

Aspen Bridging has achieved £500m in total lending from when the business was founded...

Assetz Capital unveils new £100m Planning Assistance Loan scheme

Assetz Capital has launched a new Planning Assistance Loan product, aimed at supporting the...

Promotion for Apps at HTB

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has promoted Scott Apps to the new role of head...

Paragon Bank appoints development finance relationship director

Paragon Bank has appointed Karl Kent as relationship director for on Yorkshire and North...

Commercial conversions can deliver for developers and landlords alike

If there is one thing that everyone in the housing market will agree on,...

HTB expands development finance team

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the expansion of its development finance team with...

West One Loans hits short-term completions record

West One Loans’ short-term lending divisions achieved record completions of more than £1bn in...

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Bridging the Pond: How large is the US bridging finance market, and compared to the UK?

When we first got started with LendInvest in the UK, post the financial crisis, bridging finance was a much more nascent product than it...

Passing the affordability exam

As teachers and students of various ages have spent August nervously opening exam results following years of study that will determine their ability to...

Investors are changing their approach – and lenders should too

The buy-to-let market never stands still, but the pace of change in recent years has been remarkable. The days of the so-called ‘accidental landlord’,...

Leasehold fees, specialists and the need to shop around

Leasehold properties account for around 20% of all dwellings in the UK, and while that figure may change in the future with government legislation...

Tuning into later life lending conversations

There are certain conversations in our profession that can genuinely change the course of a client’s life. Later life lending sits firmly in that...

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Rightmove warns property tax reforms could stall housing market

Rightmove has warned the government that proposed changes to property taxation risk distorting the...

Bradford retains crown as UK’s leading property hotspot

Bradford has once again been named the country’s most in-demand housing market, topping OnTheMarket’s...

Keystone reduces expat buy-to-let rates and adds new product

Keystone Property Finance has reduced rates across its expat buy-to-let range, cutting selected fixed...

Gatehouse cuts buy-to-let rental rates and eases paperwork

Gatehouse Bank has cut rental rates by 0.25% across its buy-to-let purchase plans for...