Development finance

Catalyst launches development finance to 95% LTC

Catalyst has moved into the development finance market with a new stretch senior product. Offering...

Sancus launches new refurb product

Sancus has launched a new refurbishment product aimed at UK brokers and their clients...

Two new recruits at Alternative Bridging Corporation

Alternative Bridging Corporation has appointed a new underwriter and a case manager. Robert Seymour has...

West One provides seven-day loan turnaround for £11.6m build

West One Loans has turned around a development finance loan in seven days. The lender...

Hope Capital reports record year

Hope Capital has reported that its 2021/22 financial year was strongest year in its...

Aspen unveils new development exit & refurb product

Aspen has made changes to its offering, unveiling a new development exit & refurbishment...

Funding 365 provides £7.2m for 50 Peterborough flats

Funding 365 has completed a £7.2 million 75% LTV development exit loan at a...

Roma Finance cuts bridging and development rates

Roma Finance has reduced rates and improved criteria across the product range. Rates for standard...

Upton to lead HTB’s development finance division

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) is expanding its development finance proposition to nearly double to...

Castle Trust Bank appoints director of proposition & strategy

Castle Trust Bank has appointed Anna Lewis to the newly created role of director of...

UTB’s property development loan book exceeds £1bn

United Trust Bank’s property development loan book has exceeded £1 billion for the first...

Understanding and demonstrating value

There are a huge number of ways in which a broker can demonstrate their...

Fiduciam secures extra £400m funding and cuts rates

Fiduciam has secured £400 million of new funding to be lent in 2022. As...

Sirius provides leveraged loan for HMO conversion project

Sirius Property Finance has structured a bespoke development loan to provide 87% of purchase...

COMMENT

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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National Friendly expands adviser proposition with term assurance launch

National Friendly has moved further into the protection market with the launch of Friendly...

Nationwide names Richard Walker to lead intermediary sales and new-build business

Nationwide has appointed Richard Walker as head of intermediary sales and new build, bringing...

Saffron says brokers should look beyond labels on complex mortgage cases

Borrowers with non-standard incomes, unusual properties or international circumstances should not automatically be treated...

Walsham Brothers expands adviser reach with Paradigm Protect panel deal

Walsham Brothers has added Paradigm Protect to its growing list of distribution partners as...

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