Development finance

Spring Finance acquires Masthaven Finance

Spring Finance's chief executive and owner, Andrew Bloom, has completed his acquisition of Masthaven...

Saffron for Intermediaries added to FIBA lender panel

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) has added Saffron for Intermediaries to its...

Pivot boosts funding 50%

Development lender Pivot has arranged an increase of 50% in its lending capacity from...

Assetz Capital reduces development finance rates to 9.1%

Assetz Capital has cut its development finance rates. Its headline rates now start from 9.1%. Andrew...

Silbury provides extra £33m loan for Old Kent Road scheme

Silbury Finance, the Oaktree Capital Management-backed specialist lender, has upsized and extended an existing...

Inspired Lending become BDLA member

Inspired Lending has become the latest short-term lender to join the Bridging & Development...

CrowdProperty appoints Steve Deutsch as CEO

CrowdProperty has announced the appointment of Steve Deutsch as its new chief executive officer...

Pivot welcomes NED to leadership team

Specialist development finance lender Pivot has announced the addition of Graham Emmett to its leadership...

Pluto Finance provides £15.4m loan for Wiltshire housing development expansion

Pluto Finance has completed a £15.4 million loan to Backhouse Housing for Phase 2...

Assetz Capital to increase focus on London and South East dev finance

Assetz Capital has revealed that it is extending its focus in London and the...

Inspired Lending finances Cornish MUFB purchase and refurb

Inspired Lending has provided a £1.07 million facility for the purchase and refurbishment of...

Navigating the unregulated bridging market: trends and opportunities

The unregulated bridging finance sector has traditionally catered to three primary needs: developer exit...

UTB and Iron Bridge Finance partner over £10m development

United Trust Bank (UTB) Property Development has worked with Iron Bridge Finance to fund...

Pivot hires head of credit

Pivot has appointed Chris King as head of credit. King (pictured) has worked in banking...

COMMENT

The new Chancellor wants to remove barriers to growth; he should start with housing

There was probably a degree of unintended irony in the Treasury choosing to call the Chancellor, John Healey’s, first major market ‘intervention’ his ‘Growth...

Brokers are losing the attention battle 1,000 to 3

Take a client you placed on a 5-year fix last year. Over the life of that deal, their bank is now planning to contact...

Triple lock or no triple lock? That is not the question

The debate over the State Pension triple lock has returned. But perhaps the more important question is what the debate tells us about the...

Your clients have already asked AI

The FCA published research on 27 August showing that 56% of 18- to 40-year-olds who hold or are considering investments say they trust AI...

The technology that matters doesn’t make the decision

We have a tendency when talking about mortgage technology to start with what it can automate. How many documents can it process, how quickly can...

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Propertymark warns Scottish mansion tax could restrict housing market

Propertymark has warned plans for a Scottish “mansion tax” could make it harder for...

Berkeley calls for stamp duty overhaul to kick-start housing market

Berkeley Group has called on the Government to slash stamp duty for first-time buyers...

Stronger UK growth adds to interest rate uncertainty

Stronger-than-expected UK economic growth has added another complication to the outlook for interest rates...

Tipton expands Credit Plus range with second tier

Tipton & Coseley Building Society has added a second tier to its Credit Plus...

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