Development finance

Mint Property Finance creates new management team

Mint Property Finance has introduced a new leadership team in order to promote business...

Development finance market “hotting up”

The number of development finance lenders has increased by 52% since 2016, according to research...

UTB funds £10m Ashcourt development in Bridlington

United Trust Bank (UTB) is providing the finance for a development of 22 new...

Hodge joins Brickflow

Hodge has become the latest to plug into Brickflow, a search engine for development...

Pivot improves heavy refurb and ground-up offerings

Development and bridging lender Pivot, has made changes to its heavy refurbishment and ground...

Roma appoints BDM for London & SE

Roma Finance has appointed Kirsty Botten as business development manager (BDM) for London and...

West One ups development finance loan limit 

West One Loan is now offering senior development facilities up to £15m. The previous limit...

Sancus makes two specialist hires

Specialist property lender, Sancus, has appointed two new business development managers to expand its...

Roma Finance appoints senior BDM

Roma Finance has announced the appointment of Mark Foley as its senior business development...

Brilliant Solutions joins MAB’s specialist broker panel

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) advisers can now access the specialist packaging and referral services...

Paragon provides £25.5m development funding package

Watford Riverwell (Family Housing) LLP, a joint venture between Watford Borough Council and Kier...

New Shawbrook podcast on bridging and PDR

Shawbrook Bank has issued a new A conversation with Shawbrook podcast episode. It is hosted by...

Loans Warehouse joins MAB specialist broker panel

Specialist broker Loans Warehouse has been added Mortgage Advice Bureau’s (MAB) new specialist broker...

Specialist lender boosts credit team

Atelier Capital Partners has had made two appointments to its credit team. Former head of...

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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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Gen H launches affordability-focused mortgage scheme

Residential mortgage lender Gen H has announced the launch of New Build Boost, which...

Seven out of 10 homebuyers likely to miss stamp duty deadline

Seven out of 10 (71%) homebuyers with accepted offers expect to miss the 31st...

First-time buyer mortgage sales declined in London over the past decade

First-time buyer mortgage sales in London declined significantly between 2013 and 2023, as increasing...

UTB appoints BDM for the north and Scotland

Fran Arnold has joined the sales team at United Trust Bank Mortgages as business...