Development finance

Pluto Finance loans deliver low-carbon housing in west Wales

Pluto Finance has completed its first residential development loans in Wales, providing £8.9 million...

Assetz Capital backs final phase of 33-home scheme in County Antrim

Assetz Capital has completed a £705,000 development finance facility to support the final phase...

Masthaven Finance obtains NACFB membership

Masthaven Finance has formalised its return to the specialist lending market by joining the...

Rising new build values boosting developer margins

The gap between the cost of building new homes and their final market value...

Roma Finance unveils new commercial development product

Roma Finance has unveiled a new commercial development finance product, marking the first extension...

Pigeon secures green loan from Virgin Money for eco-focused Cheshunt industrial scheme

Pigeon, the Suffolk-based property developer and land promoter, has secured a multi-million-pound green loan...

Q&A: Neil Leitch, Hampshire Trust Bank

Mortgage Soup fires the questions at Neil Leitch, managing director of development finance at...

SME survey launched to gauge policy impact on mortgage market and housing delivery

A new ‘State of Play’ survey will assess how Labour’s first year in power...

Investec provides £54.6m for office-to-residential conversions

Investec has arranged a £54.6 million club facility for Signal Capital Partners to support...

Zenzic Development Finance triples loan capacity with £45m facility

Zenzic Development Finance has secured a three-year funding line of up to £45 million...

TAB joins BDLA

TAB has joined the Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA) as a lender member. Founded...

Catalyst enters development finance market

Catalyst has launched a new senior ground-up development finance product, marking its formal entry...

Britain’s boldest developer hits the road: John Caudwell Joins Peking to Paris Rally

John Caudwell, Founder of luxury developer Caudwell, and arguably Britain’s most daring developer, is...

HTB unveils Portfolio Edge to tackle portfolio refinance challenges for brokers

Hampshire Trust Bank has launched Portfolio Edge, a new structured lending product aimed at...

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Bridging the Pond: How large is the US bridging finance market, and compared to the UK?

When we first got started with LendInvest in the UK, post the financial crisis, bridging finance was a much more nascent product than it...

Passing the affordability exam

As teachers and students of various ages have spent August nervously opening exam results following years of study that will determine their ability to...

Investors are changing their approach – and lenders should too

The buy-to-let market never stands still, but the pace of change in recent years has been remarkable. The days of the so-called ‘accidental landlord’,...

Leasehold fees, specialists and the need to shop around

Leasehold properties account for around 20% of all dwellings in the UK, and while that figure may change in the future with government legislation...

Tuning into later life lending conversations

There are certain conversations in our profession that can genuinely change the course of a client’s life. Later life lending sits firmly in that...

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Rightmove warns property tax reforms could stall housing market

Rightmove has warned the government that proposed changes to property taxation risk distorting the...

Bradford retains crown as UK’s leading property hotspot

Bradford has once again been named the country’s most in-demand housing market, topping OnTheMarket’s...

Keystone reduces expat buy-to-let rates and adds new product

Keystone Property Finance has reduced rates across its expat buy-to-let range, cutting selected fixed...

Gatehouse cuts buy-to-let rental rates and eases paperwork

Gatehouse Bank has cut rental rates by 0.25% across its buy-to-let purchase plans for...