Development finance

Former Ramsbottom mill site redeveloped for housing with Paragon backing

A long-derelict industrial site in Ramsbottom is being brought back into use as a...

Housing and commercial activity hit pandemic-era lows

The UK construction sector ended 2025 in deep contraction though the pace of decline...

Goldentree extends monitoring partnership as fifth project takes total to £4.1m

Goldentree Financial Services has appointed DPT Monitoring Surveyors on a fifth development finance scheme,...

Aspen cuts rates by 60bps across its specialist lending range

Aspen has begun 2026 with a series of rate reductions across its entire product...

Bridging finance momentum shows up in Knowledge Bank broker search data

Broker search behaviour on Knowledge Bank suggests bridging finance is playing an increasingly central...

Paragon targets care home development with new specialist funding

Paragon Development Finance has launched a dedicated funding product for the development of care...

The Family’s members back brownfield development to ease housing pressures

Members of the Family Building Society are calling on the government to make greater...

LendInvest secures £175m development finance backing from HSBC and AB CarVal

LendInvest Mortgages has announced a new development finance funding structure supported by HSBC and...

Getting to know you: Owen Bentley, sales director at Inspired Lending

Name: Owen Bentley Age: 46 Location: Nationwide Firm: Inspired Lending Education: University Specialty: Lending! Interests: Anything sport related. I play...

Roma Finance partners with new refurbishment cost platform

Roma Finance has been named finance partner for the national rollout of the Refurb...

Suros Capital lends £105,000 against luxury watches to support Spanish development

Suros Capital has provided a £105,000 loan to a property developer after agreeing secured...

MSP Capital joins NACFB as new Patron

MSP Capital has joined the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers as a Patron. The...

Paragon finances 95-home later-living scheme at Beaconsfield

Paragon Bank has agreed a £30 million facility to support Beechcroft’s delivery of 95...

West One strengthens short-term finance team with three new hires

West One has appointed Alan Collins, Parit Shah and Josh Newbould to its short-term...

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Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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