Development finance

Two lenders jointly fund Sirius property development case

Sirius Property Finance has sourced joint funding for a £14m GDV permitted development scheme...

Construction VAT delay welcomed

Oblix Capital has welcomed HMRC’s decision to delay implementation of the VAT domestic reverse...

Impact Specialist Finance partners with Hampshire Trust Bank

Impact Specialist Finance has agreed an approved packager deal with Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB)...

New development finance proposition from Castle Trust

Castle Trust has revamped its development finance offering with the recruitment of Simon Whitfield...

New property finance provider launches

West Rock Capital, a London-based boutique debt advisory business, has been launched by Westley Richards. Richards...

Property finance brokers want PDR regulation review

United Trust Bank’s most recent Broker Sentiment Poll has revealed that 67% of property finance...

New board elected for ASTL

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has announced a new board of directors...

Developers need to plan for more than one exit

Oblix Capital has warned developers to consider more than one exit strategy for their...

Investec provides £25m redevelopment loan

Investec Structured Property Finance has provided James Taylor Homes with a £25 million term...

Signature appoints relationship manager for London and the South

Signature Private Finance has announced the appointment of relationship manager, Andy Neocleous. Neocleous (pictured) will...

Aldermore unveils VAT loans for housebuilders and developers

Aldermore has launched VAT loans to cover the VAT due on land and property. The...

Paragon Bank’s development finance portfolio now on Phoebus

Paragon Bank has announced the completion of the migration of its development finance lending...

Roma Finance launches new five-year deal for property investors

Roma Finance is now offering a five-year mortgage to allow property investors to purchase...

Unprepared contractors could be hit by VAT changes

Oblix Capital has warned that major VAT changes are coming to the construction industry,...

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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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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