Development finance

HTB funds new £8.4m student accommodation development

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has backed an £8.4 million development in York, delivering an...

Glenhawk cuts regulated bridging rates

Glenhawk has reduced rates across its regulated bridging product by up to 16 basis...

HTB appoints development finance BDM for the Midlands

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has appointed Matt Hardy as business development manager (BDM) for...

Scottish Bridging Loans joins Paradigm panel

Paradigm has announced the addition of specialist bridging lender, Scottish Bridging Loans, to its...

UTB backs £34m apartment conversion scheme

United Trust Bank (UTB) is supporting Westcombe Group’s £34m Kingston Bridge House apartment conversion...

HTB bolsters development finance team

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has appointed Tim Mycock as lending director for London and...

Assetz Capital launches large cash advance for developers

Assetz Capital has unveiled an improvement to its development lending proposition, offering stronger initial...

Zenzic Capital funds £17m for development finance projects

Zenzic Capital has completed over £17 million of development finance to fund the construction...

Colenko launches free valuations and legals promotion

Colenko has launched its Euro Fever promotion, which includes a Euro-themed perk for brokers. The...

Shawbrook unveils three development finance hires

Shawbrook has bolstered its development finance team with three new appointments. The lender has appointed...

JMT Finance completes rapid exit facility

JMT Finance, the commercial property lender, has completed an exit facility for a project...

HREF provides £5.4m North West office development loan

Specialist bridging lender Hilco Real Estate Finance (HREF) has completed a £5.4m loan secured...

Developers want FTB support from next government

86% of developers believe that the next government needs to do more to support...

Aspen provides £1.1m bridge to free up developer capital

Aspen has completed a £1.1m residential bridging loan for a Nigerian national property developer...

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What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

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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Target Group posts record client satisfaction score

Target Group has reported its highest client satisfaction score to date, six months after...

Four-month fall in sales agreed signals weaker mortgage market

Mortgage lenders face a potentially weaker final quarter after property sales agreed fell by...

HSBC to raise residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates

HSBC UK is increasing mortgage rates across much of its residential and buy-to-let range...

Cumberland expands school money workshops into second year

The Cumberland Building Society is extending its financial education programme for primary school children...

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