Development finance

Record month for Roma Finance

Roma Finance has reported a record month in May, reporting a 50% increase in...

Roma Finance unveils sustainability competition for schools

Specialist lender, Roma Finance, has launched an environmental sustainability competition for UK schools, in...

Aldermore provides £1.3m facility for drive-thru development

Aldermore bank has provided a £1.3 million commercial development finance loan to Cookridge Estates...

Aspen provides development exit bridge for Passivhaus scheme

Aspen has completed a £4.55m development exit bridge on one of the UK’s first...

Black Book Finance closes £10.25m facility

Black Book Finance has arranged a £10.25m senior debt facility with Puma Property Finance,...

Signature introduces product to help developments complete

Signature Property Finance has introduced a new product aimed at developers struggling to complete...

Funding 365 slashes light development rates

Funding 365 has cut rates on its light development product. Interest now starts at 0.64%...

Alternative Bridging Corporation hires BDM for Midlands & North

Alternative Bridging Corporation has added to its business development manager (BDM) team with the...

Apsen breaks own monthly completion record

Aspen Bridging has recorded a new monthly completions record, lending £23m in April 2021. ...

Four new hires for Mint Property Finance

Specialist finance lender, Mint Property Finance, has recruited four individuals across four business areas. Stephen...

Brian West joins Pivot

Brian West has been appointed as Pivot's new head of commercial operations and marketing. Pivot...

UTB joins MCI lender panel

United Trust Bank (UTB) has become the latest lender to join MCI Club's lender...

Sirius bolsters development division

Sirius Property Finance has appointed Devraj Ray as a senior associate in its development division. Ray...

Pitch 4 Finance launches following broker pre-registration

Pitch 4 Finance has launched to help intermediaries source the best solutions for their...

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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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LSL mortgage revenue rises 8% as remortgage demand grows

LSL Property Services has reported an 8% increase in mortgage revenue during the first...

Foundation opens financial services careers to young people with talent programme

Foundation has completed its first Future Talent Programme, giving 18 young people workplace experience...

Rely uses AVM to deliver immediate offer on landlord remortgage

Rely has issued an instant mortgage offer for a landlord remortgaging a single buy-to-let...

Law firms urged to consider later life lending in IHT planning

Law firms should consider later life lending as part of broader inheritance tax planning...

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