Development finance

Oblix funds £4.5m exit for Thistle Finance developer

Thistle Finance has completed £4.5m exit facility on a residential development in Gosport through...

Paragon acquires development finance provider

Paragon Banking Group has acquired Titlestone Property Finance Limited for around £48 million. ...

Laybourne Finance becomes latest Shawbrook strategic partner

Specialist lending brokerage Laybourne Finance has joined Shawbrook’s strategic broker panel. Laybourne Finance was formed in...

West One unveils development finance offering

West One Loans has today announced at the NACFB Expo that it is launching...

CSF and Amicus secure £9m for residential development

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) and Amicus have secured deals totalling over £9.1m to fund...

Oblix Capital raises new £50m OSB funding line

Oblix Capital has raised a new £50m funding line from OneSavings Bank (OSB), which...

Record month for Octane Capital

Octane Capital has passed £200m of lending, having completed on 13 loans in the...

Roma Finance appoints head of sales

Bridging and development lender Roma Finance has appointed Tracey Martin as its head of sales. Martin...

£3.25m loan for Peterborough PDR development

Commercial finance consultancy Mantra Capital has arranged a £3.25m loan facility for a client through Arbuthnot...

Positive Lending deal saves client £500k

Positive Lending has arranged a £17 million development finance facility with Aldermore.  Funding was...

Octane Capital in £8.5m exit deal

Octane Capital has provided an £8.5m development exit loan to a client of RHL. The loan...

Oblix Capital launches Abu Dhabi Grand Prix competition

Oblix Capital has launched a special prize draw promotion offering one broker the chance to...

New strategic broker partner for Shawbrook

Prospero Finance Ltd has become the latest Strategic Broker Partner for Shawbrook Bank. Prospero Finance were...

Sirius Property Finance to grow business in in north west

Adele Turton has joined Sirius Property Finance to run the lender's new Manchester office. Turton...

COMMENT

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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