Development finance

Simplybiz Mortgages and FIBA expand specialist panel with two sourcing platforms

Simplybiz Mortgages and the Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) have added Brickflow and...

Neurodiversity Celebration Week: Strength in different thinking

In an industry built on detail, judgement, resilience and relationships we often focus on...

Knowledge Bank to host development finance webinar for brokers

Knowledge Bank is turning its next Lenders’ Live session over to development finance, as...

Intermediaries arrange £33bn for SMEs

Broker-originated SME lending climbed to £33bn in 2025, up 25% year-on-year, according to the...

Jupp: Brightstar will keep pushing specialist lending boundaries

Brightstar Group chief executive Rob Jupp has pledged to keep “pushing” the specialist lending...

BDLA addresses Market Financial Solutions crisis

The Bridging and Development Lenders Association (BDLA) has sought to reassure the market following...

Rely completes £2.1m buy-to-let refinance ahead of development loan deadline

Rely has completed a £2.1m buy-to-let refinance on a newly built four-home portfolio, securing...

Vic Jannels takes on non-executive chair role at BDLA

Vic Jannels has been appointed non-executive chair of the Bridging & Development Lenders Association,...

The Yorkshire urges shift towards repurposing to unlock 2.5m homes

Yorkshire Building Society has called for a fundamental rethink of housing policy, arguing that...

Peer-to-peer lender easyMoney joins BDLA

e-Money Capital Limited has joined the Bridging & Development Lenders Association as the trade...

Hope Capital promotes Cowan to CFOO role

Hope Capital Property Finance has promoted Kate Cowan to chief financial and operating officer...

Assetz Capital expands development finance offering

Assetz Capital has updated its development finance proposition to allow planning gain and residual...

Knowledge Bank separates dev finance as demand grows

Knowledge Bank has launched a dedicated Development Finance lending type on its platform to...

Government policies undermining housing targets

Government intervention is actively undermining the UK’s ability to meet its housing targets as...
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COMMENT

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...
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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...
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Stronger UK growth adds to interest rate uncertainty

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

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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