Development finance

Together provides £1m+ bridging loan for Manchester development

Specialist lender Together has provided a short-term loan of more than £1 million for...

SMG offers free CRM migration to other packagers

Specialist Mortgage Group (SMG) is offering other packagers access to its online CRM with...

LendInvest appoints fund manager

LendInvest has announced the appointment of former CBRE senior director and head of loan...

Crystal Specialist Finance partners with Beneficial network

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has been appointed to the Beneficial network panel to deliver...

Octane Capital makes sales support team appointment

Ryan Houssart has become the latest member of Octane Capital's sales support team. He joins...

First 4 Bridging adds Castle Trust to panel

Specialist distributor First 4 Bridging (F4B) has announced the addition of Castle Trust to...

LendInvest funds £12m development project

LendInvest has financed a £12 million development finance loan in under eight weeks, with...

Immigration policy ‘could hit real estate growth’

Oblix Capital has warned that the government’s plan for a new UK points-based immigration...

Octane Capital revises refurbishment range

Octane Capital has increased the level of works permitted from 50% up to 100%+...

Oblix Capital unveils ‘quick quote’ calculator

Specialist lender Oblix Capital has launched a new development finance ‘quick quote’ calculator. It is...

Iron Bridge Finance acquires equity provider

London-based property development lender Iron Bridge Finance has acquired a majority interest in Orlandis...

Beneficial Network adds First 4 Bridging to panel

First 4 Bridging (F4B) has become a preferred specialist distribution provider for the Beneficial Network. This...

Roma Finance slashes bridging and development rates

Roma Finance has cut rates across its product offering. Further funding lines with Royal Bank...

Yellow Stone Finance launches commercial packaging service

Yellow Stone Finance has launched a Deal Sourcing service with the aim of helping...

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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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Target Group posts record client satisfaction score

Target Group has reported its highest client satisfaction score to date, six months after...

Four-month fall in sales agreed signals weaker mortgage market

Mortgage lenders face a potentially weaker final quarter after property sales agreed fell by...

HSBC to raise residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates

HSBC UK is increasing mortgage rates across much of its residential and buy-to-let range...

Cumberland expands school money workshops into second year

The Cumberland Building Society is extending its financial education programme for primary school children...

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