Development finance

Finova launches partnership with Loans Warehouse

Finova Payment and Mortgage Services has partnered with Loans Warehouse, the second charge mortgage...

Paragon appoints senior relationship director for development finance 

Paragon Bank’s development finance division has appointed Len Boyd as senior relationship director. Boyd (pictured) has...

Catalyst sees 2022 lending rise by 17%

Specialist property lender, Catalyst, has announced that it made more loans in 2022 than...

Lodge Park Homes secures 14th deal with Paragon Bank

Lodge Park Homes has secured a £6.8 million finance package from Paragon Bank’s development...

Paragon Bank appoints development finance relationship director

Paragon Bank’s development finance division has appointed Martin Crossley as relationship director. Crossley (pictured) joins Paragon...

Grenville Turner becomes chairman of Silbury Finance

Silbury Finance, the development lender backed by Oaktree Capital Management, has appointed Grenville Turner...

Castle Trust revamps bridging offering

Castle Trust Bank has revamped its bridging range, introducing a number of new changes...

Vast Commercial Finance secures first DIP through Brickflow

Brickflow has reported that Vast Commercial Finance is the first mortgage broker to use...

One Stop Business Finance provides £2.2m development loan

The construction of seven high-quality modular detached homes by the developer, Spacecom Limited, will...

Atelier ups maximum loan size

Atelier has increased the maximum size of loan it can offer to professional property...

What exactly is development finance?

On the surface, the term ‘development finance’ might seem a straightforward one. Even those...

UTB makes Midlands property development appointments

United Trust Bank (UTB) has made two new appointments to its property development originations team...

CapitalRise funds £8.5m Westworth Estate purchase

Prime property specialist finance company CapitalRise has provided funds for an £8.5m loan, to...

UTB funds Nacropolis off-market acquisition

United Trust Bank (UTB) Structured Property Finance has provided a £3.76m sales period facility...

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Mortgage maturity: A golden opportunity for advisers

Around 1.8 million fixed-rate mortgage deals are due to come to an end in 2026, adding to the 1.6 million mortgages that already matured...

Rates are moving and regulation is evolving

Many lenders are having to increase their rates, and that trend looks set to continue over the coming week. For clients whose current deal...

Building tomorrow’s mortgage market: AI built on trust, governance and confidence

The government's Financial Services AI Adoption Plan, led by Harriet Rees, group chief information officer at Starling Bank, and Dr Rohit Dhawan, group director...

The protection prompt: what AI still needs to get right

The Mills Review has prompted plenty of discussion across the mortgage industry. While much of the focus has been on the finding that a...

Why second charges are helping Right to Buy borrowers do more with their home

For many people, Right to Buy is still one of the most accessible ways to become a homeowner and over the last five years,...

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Skipton loses former Connells chief’s discrimination case

Skipton Group Holdings and Connells have lost an employment tribunal case brought by former...

IMLA supports flexible mortgage rules but says housing supply remains key

Mortgage lenders have backed proposals to give first-time buyers and other underserved borrowers greater...

Mortgage borrowing jumps to £7.7bn

Net mortgage borrowing more than doubled to £7.7bn in June, up from £3.3bn in...

AMI says mortgage rule reforms must keep advice at their core

Proposals to give lenders greater flexibility must be supported by mortgage advice if they...

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