Development finance

UTB’s property development loan book exceeds £1bn

United Trust Bank’s property development loan book has exceeded £1 billion for the first...

Understanding and demonstrating value

There are a huge number of ways in which a broker can demonstrate their...

Fiduciam secures extra £400m funding and cuts rates

Fiduciam has secured £400 million of new funding to be lent in 2022. As...

Sirius provides leveraged loan for HMO conversion project

Sirius Property Finance has structured a bespoke development loan to provide 87% of purchase...

Roma Finance appoints bridging & development specialist

Roma Finance has announced the appointment of Samantha Williamson as bridging & development specialist. Williamson...

Bridging lender appoints two new BDMs

Alternative Bridging Corporation has added two new business development managers (BDMs) to its sales...

Funding 365 funds £3.2m Finish & Exit facility

Funding 365 has delivered a £3.2 million 75% LTV finish and exit loan at a rate...

Impact Specialist Finance exclusives now on MortgageBrain

All of Impact Specialist Finance's exclusive and semi-exclusive products can now be sourced on...

Positive Commercial Finance provides new funder’s deals

Positive Commercial Finance has secured an exclusive bridging finance product and a semi-exclusive development...

Two business development appointments at Sancus

Sancus has expands its business development team throughout the UK with the appointments of...

Saxon Trust appoints head of portfolio management for development lending

Nick Taylor has been appointed as head of portfolio management – development lending at...

Saffron for Intermediaries joins PRIMIS panel

Saffron for Intermediaries has joined the PRIMIS Mortgage Network lender panel. It means PRIMIS advisers...

Pivot to utilise LDS Sales Guarantee

Pivot has announced the launch of a new development finance offering with an in-built...

New insurance advice firm to target developer community

A new insurance and financial advisory firm, J3 Advisory, as launched to market. The firm...

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Heavy refurbishment: structuring finance for complex property upgrades

Investors are rethinking their approach to property - heavy refurbishment is no longer just an option; it’s a necessity for unlocking value in today’s...

Why predicting 2025 interest rates feels like a fool’s errand

In my first (and for some reason clearly not my last) article last month, I attempted (perhaps foolishly) to discuss where rates might go...

Helping university students onto the property ladder

As we head towards the Easter break, thousands of first-year university students up and down the country will be preparing for exams and making...

Lenders must step up on high LTV products

Things are on the up for borrowers with a smaller deposit. The financial information website Moneyfacts publishes a regular update on mortgage product numbers,...

Why it matters that bridging hit more than £10bn last year

We see many numbers bandied around in the financial industry, which can sometimes have a numbing effect. So why should we all, especially brokers, care...

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Three-quarters of brokers expect rate hold

76% of specialist brokers expect that the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)...

The Finance Family adopts Acre as platform for growth

Midlands-based The Finance Family has migrated its team of over 20 brokers to Acre’s...

‘Consumer thinking’ holding businesses back from better finance solutions

New research from Time Finance has revealed that many UK businesses default to consumer-style...

British Business Bank reports how pivotal first Covid lockdown was

Five years since the first Covid-19 lockdown, new data from Start Up Loans, part...