Development finance

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...

Oblix Capital reprices its development finance offering

  Oblix Capital has restructured pricing across its development finance range. The London based specialist lender's development...

Shawbrook Commercial adds to short-term lending range

Shawbrook Bank has released an option in its short-term lending range for lending for...

Oblix funds £4.5m exit for Thistle Finance developer

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

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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...

Your clients have already asked AI

The FCA published research on 27 August showing that 56% of 18- to 40-year-olds who hold or are considering investments say they trust AI...

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Rents set to rise by up to 5% as supply falls

UK rental growth is accelerating again as higher mortgage rates keep would-be first-time buyers...

Buy-to-let company formations fall as landlord incorporation boom slows

The number of new buy-to-let companies being established has fallen this year as the...

Mortgage sector wellbeing improves but burnout risks persist

Mental wellbeing across the mortgage industry has improved over the past year, although long...

Cyber attacks on property businesses rise 17% as hackers target client data

Cyber attacks against UK property services businesses increased by 17% last year as agents...

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