Development finance

CapitalRise completes £8m senior development loan

CapitalRise has closed a £8.22 million senior development loan for a residential project in...

Aspen unveils rate reductions

Aspen Bridging has reduced its rates by up to 60bps for all new applications. Flat...

West One Loans merges bridging and development finance teams

West One Loans has merged its bridging and development finance arms into a single...

Black & White Bridging appoints non-executive director

Black & White Bridging has appointed a new non-executive director (NED). Retired solicitor,...

HTB uses portfolio indemnity for £6.9m remortgage

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has completed a complex £6.9 million remortgage for a property...

BDLA makes three executive board appointments

The Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA) has announced three new appointments to its...

Investec provides development loan for 397-bed Stratford PBSA scheme

Investec Real Estate has provided a joint venture between Watkin Jones and Housing Growth...

CapitalRise passes £400m origination milestone with record-breaking July

CapitalRise has reported a record-breaking July, after it originated loans valued at £49.4 million...

CapitalRise and Colliers structure £6.3m loan for Mayfair townhouse redevelopment

CapitalRise has announced a £6.3 million loan to facilitate the enfranchisement of a townhouse...

Shawbrook provides £10.8m development exit funding in 12 days

Shawbrook has completed a £10.8 million development exit loan for a luxury flat development...

Paragon Bank passes £3bn development finance milestone

Paragon Bank’s development finance division has exceeded the £3 billion lending milestone. The £3 billion...

Developers want council housebuilding targets set by government

74% of developers believe that the government setting targets for councils would be the...

HTB funds complex six-flat £2.1m development exit

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has completed a complex £2.1m development exit facility for a...

HTB provides £12.5m loan for NE designer shopping village

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has completed a £12.5 million loan facility to support the...

COMMENT

Why you need to know what sits behind the average review score

There’s a funny thing about review scores. The better they are, the less likely we are to question them. If a company is sitting at...

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...

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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...

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Rents set to rise by up to 5% as supply falls

UK rental growth is accelerating again as higher mortgage rates keep would-be first-time buyers...

Buy-to-let company formations fall as landlord incorporation boom slows

The number of new buy-to-let companies being established has fallen this year as the...

Mortgage sector wellbeing improves but burnout risks persist

Mental wellbeing across the mortgage industry has improved over the past year, although long...

Cyber attacks on property businesses rise 17% as hackers target client data

Cyber attacks against UK property services businesses increased by 17% last year as agents...

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