Development finance

Brokers more optimistic than their customers

36% of brokers working in property and asset finance believe that the majority of...

Positive Commercial Finance celebrates tenth birthday

Specialist commercial finance broker Positive Commercial Finance is celebrating the tenth anniversary of its...

BFS launches <£1m development finance product

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has launched a bespoke product catering for loans at a...

Together provides £550k loan in five days

Together has completed a £550,000 short-term loan in five working days after a property...

Thistle Finance teams up with LendInvest to rescue developer

Edinburgh-based packager Thistle Finance has arranged a last minute £1.3m development exit finance loan through...

Trio joins UTB’s development finance team

United Trust Bank (UTB) has made three senior appointments to its development finance division. Paul...

Ensure you broaden your revenue base

There’s a huge amount of excitement in the broker community at present — and...

Urban areas can’t keep pace with expanding populations

The fastest growing towns and cities in the UK are currently building as few...

Sirius and Amicus complete two high value deals

High net worth City based brokerage Sirius Property Finance, part of the Brightstar Financial...

Naismiths to monitor large Shawbrook-funded development

Naismiths has been appointed by Shawbrook Bank to monitor one of the bank’s largest development...

Castle Trust grows development finance proposition

Castle Trust Capital has doubled its maximum loan size for development finance and is...

BLG appoints deputy head of new business 

Business Lending Group (BLG) has announced the appointment of Gordon Robinson as its deputy...

Builders slam idea of Irish ‘hard border’

A hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic would be damaging to the...

Shawbrook completes £13.6m Black Book Finance deal

Shawbrook Bank has completed a development finance loan for £13.6 million with distributor Black Book...

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I’ll try to make this as straight to the point as I can. The way that your prospective customers find you via online search...

Mind the gap: Can mortgage advice change the game for protection?

Many industry insiders still talk about the UK protection gap and how vast it is. The numbers speak for themselves with the estimated value of...

Navigating HMO and MUFB complexity with confidence

Historically, larger Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) and Multi-Unit Freehold Blocks (MUFBs) have often been avoided due to their complex layouts, individual planning requirements,...

Why we shouldn’t wait for the FCA to act on later life lending

It might feel odd to be talking about a new year, when we’re barely half-way through this one, but the recent FCA Discussion Paper...

A walk on the supply side

The UK government’s stated goal to build 1.5 million homes during the current parliamentary term underlines a strong political focus on addressing the housing...

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Gen H expands team with new recruits from Koodoo and Hamptons

Gen H has strengthened its sales and marketing operations with the appointments of Jess...

West One bolsters short-term division with quartet of strategic hires

Specialist lender West One Loans has strengthens its short-term lending division with four key...

Virgin Money cuts rates and launches new exclusive deals across purchase and remortgage range

Virgin Money has announced a series of rate reductions and the launch of new...

Landbay adds product transfer options and trims rates in expanded summer special

Buy-to-let lender Landbay has expanded its Summer Special product range with five new product...