Development finance

Paragon funds £9.5m East Lothian housing project

Ambassador Living has secured a £9.5 million finance facility from Paragon Bank’s Development Finance...

Clever Lending packages regulated holiday let development bridge

Clever Lending has packaged a £180,000 regulated bridging facility for a broker’s clients who...

Property developers utilising AI to improve operations

An increasing number of developers are turning to new technologies – including artificial intelligence...

Most popular types of specialist property investment revealed

Castle Trust Bank has established that refurbishments, HMOs and MUFBs have been the most...

Finvest completes application process pilot with Nivo

Specialist property finance brokerage Finvest has transformed its business a following a successful pilot...

Paragon Bank appoints development finance relationship director

Greg Dunne has been appointed relationship director in Paragon Bank’s development finance division. Dunne (pictured)...

MCR Property Group secures £48m refinance

MCR Property Group, a real estate investment and development company, has secured a £48...

Mint Property Finance expands underwriting team

Mint Property Finance has welcomed two new team members to its underwriting department. The first...

Shawbrook provides bespoke funding for Essex housing developments

3A Projects Ltd, a property development company, has received bespoke financial support from Shawbrook...

FIBA expands lender panel

The Financial Intermediary and Broker Association (FIBA) has announced the addition of Onyx Money...

West One hails July as record month for originations

West One Loans has reported a record month for originations in July. The specialist lender...

Paragon provides £5.4m development finance facility

Paragon Bank’s development finance division has provided a £5.4 million finance package for the...

Assetz Capital provides £2.75m dev exit facility

Assetz Capital has reported a recent agreement for a development exit loan in Frome,...

Silbury Finance provides £67m loan for 341-home development

Silbury Finance, the Oaktree Capital Management-backed development lender, has provided a £67 million senior...

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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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Alternative Bridging moves into term lending with commercial launch

Alternative Bridging Corporation has expanded its proposition into longer-term property finance with the launch...

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...

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