Development finance

Three new BDMs at Octopus Property

Octopus Property has announced three new appointments to its regional sales teams. New business development...

Shawbrook hits development finance milestone

Shawbrook Bank has achieved £250m of lending to small and medium-sized property developers across...

Oblix Capital completes £2m development loan

Oblix Capital, the London based specialist property lender, has completed a £2.04 million development loan,...

The House Crowd unveils development finance proposition

The House Crowd has launched a property development finance offering, which aims to help...

Record month in applications for Oblix Capital

Oblix Capital has reported that August was a record month for bridging and development...

MTF appoints BDM

MTF has appointed Richard Sherman has a new business development manager. Sherman (pictured) joins...

£150m funding for LendInvest

LendInvest has secured £150 million of initial funding from investment bank Nomur and alternative...

Brokers fear further base rate increases

United Trust Bank’s most recent broker sentiment survey has found that 70% of brokers...

“Fundamental shift” in the development sector

Specialist packager Thistle Finance has reported a 9% fall in the average size of development finance loan...

Brokers expect lender credit policies to stay the same

A recent broker sentiment survey from United Trust Bank has revealed that around 57%...

Reducing red tape key to regenerating SME house building sector

A United Trust Bank poll of brokers working in development finance has revealed the...

Q2 rise in demand for bridging finance

Bridging lender MTF's latest Broker Sentiment Survey has found that property investors are increasingly turning to...

Positive Commercial Finance see 300% growth in first half of 2018

Specialist commercial finance broker Positive Commercial Finance has reported its best ever set of...

United Trust Bank grows development finance team

United Trust Bank (UTB) has announced the appointment of two new property development managers...

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Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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