Development finance

Develop North secures £6.5m Shawbrook debt facility

Develop North, a North East based investment fund providing loans to property developers in...

Mint Property Finance makes senior BDM appointment

Mint Property Finance has expanded its sales team with the appointment of Simon Micklethwaite...

Shawbrook funds purpose-built student accommodation in Durham

Three Tuns Development, a joint venture between two professional property developers Simon Williams and...

Black & White Bridging funds church conversion

Specialist lender Black & White Bridging has provided an £880,000 facility to support the...

Colenko appoints head of sales for bridging and development

Colenko has appointed Mark Marlow as head of sales for bridging and development. Marlow (pictured)...

Acorn Homes secures £5.9m Paragon development funding

Acorn Homes has secured a £5.9 million finance facility from Paragon Bank’s development finance...

Roma Finance launches brand refresh

Short-term lender, Roma Finance, has refreshed its branding with the strapline #LovetoLend. It is using...

Funding 365 introduces ground up development product

Funding 365 has moved into 'ground up' property development finance with a customisable product...

CrowdProperty funds £16m GDV Bradford scheme

Specialist residential property development lender CrowdProperty is supporting a £16m+ GDV development project in...

Hodge joins FIBA as lender partner

Hodge is joining the Finance Intermediary and Broker Association (FIBA) as its new lending...

CapitalRise structures £5m loan for Wentworth Estate development

Prime property specialist finance company CapitalRise has announced the funding of a £5m loan...

UTB funds £24m Oblix Living Build to Rent scheme

United Trust Bank (UTB) is providing £15.3m of funding to growing Build to Rent...

Hampshire Trust Bank appoints another dev finance lending manager

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of Russell Higgins as lending manager...

HTB appoints development finance lending manager

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of Harry Bhogal as lending manager...

COMMENT

Rental barometer shows strength, but March changes the tone

Looking at our recently published Q1 2026 Rental Barometer data in isolation, there is clearly a strong and positive story to tell. Average rental...

Home and away: How appetite for UK property is rising

Conflicts in Ukraine and now the Middle East are a reminder that the catastrophic impact of war is not confined to war zones.   The...

Mutual strength and the broker partnership

The mutual sector has always been associated with community purpose, local branches and a member-first approach that feels a little different to the wider...

First-time, accidental or professional? How the landlord profile is shifting in 2026

One of the most common misconceptions that people have about the buy-to-let market is that landlords are a single, uniform group. The reality is...

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

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CII says vulnerability management can help firms grow

The Chartered Insurance Institute has said firms can use stronger vulnerability management to expand...

Royal London wins approval to offer Targeted Support

Royal London has received regulatory approval to provide Targeted Support, becoming one of the...

Together expands second charge range into commercial sector

Together has launched a new suite of commercial and semi-commercial second charge products as...

HTB launches ‘Flow’ range with rates from 5.54%

Hampshire Trust Bank has introduced ‘Flow’ - a new buy-to-let tier with rates starting...

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