Development finance

UTB refinances £34m Falmouth seafront development

United Trust Bank (UTB) is to refinance 53 luxury apartments being developed by housebuilders...

Octane provides 1,000th loan

Octane Capital has completed its 1,000th loan since launching in 2017. The lender said the...

Record quarter for Octane Capital

Octane Capital has revealed that the third quarter of 2020 was its biggest quarter...

New lower rates from Roma

Roma Finance has reduced rates while increasing LTVs and loan amounts across its product...

Glenhawk unveils free valuation offer

Specialist property lender Glenhawk has launched a free valuation offering. It also does not...

Funding 365 improves light development product pricing

Funding 365 has reduced the pricing on its light development product, with now starting...

Roma Finance unveils new development finance and commercial solutions

Roma Finance has launched a new 'ground up' development finance product as well as...

Optimum Commercial appoints national sales director

Optimum Commercial has appointed Chris Duckworth to the position of national sales director. Duckworth (pictured) has...

Enterprise Finance adds Roma Finance to panel

Enterprise Finance has added bridging, development and buy-to-let lender Roma Finance to its panel. ...

Glenhawk appoints CFO and finance director

Glenhawk has announced the appointments of Andrew Townsend as chief financial officer (CFO) and...

Aspen’s desktop valuation saves development exit

Aspen Bridging has completed a £150,000 development exit bridging loan on a remote property...

Funding 365 unveils development finance product

Bridging lender Funding 365 has moved into development finance with the launch of its...

Two new hires for UTB

United Trust Bank (UTB) has appointed a new director and manager in its development...

LendInvest unveils new structured property finance team

LendInvest has launched a new structured property finance team in order to provide a...

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Mutual strength and the broker partnership

The mutual sector has always been associated with community purpose, local branches and a member-first approach that feels a little different to the wider...

First-time, accidental or professional? How the landlord profile is shifting in 2026

One of the most common misconceptions that people have about the buy-to-let market is that landlords are a single, uniform group. The reality is...

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Latest news

The Vernon hires internal BDM to expand intermediary reach

Vernon Building Society has appointed Damien Sabbaghe as intermediary business development manager as it...

Coventry trims first-time buyer and limited company buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has cut selected mortgage rates for first-time buyers and limited company...

TRM adds to PMI team with supervision & development manager hire

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has appointed Gemma Penkethman as PMI supervision &...

Rental yields rise across England and Wales as buy-to-let market enters more volatile period

Rental yields increased annually in every region of England and Wales in the first...

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