Development finance

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...

Paragon considers development finance lender acquisition

Paragon Banking Group has responded to speculation around a possible acquisition of Titlestone, the residential...

Masthaven joins TMA Club’s lender panel

TMA Club has announced the addition of Masthaven to its lender panel. This arrangement...

Oblix Capital hires pair of BDMs

Oblix Capital has announced two BDM appointments to cover London and the South.   Both...

Record quarter for Mantra Capital

Boutique commercial finance consultancy Mantra Capital has reported that March was its biggest ever month for...

Government urged to improve access to finance for property SMEs

LendInvest is calling on the UK government to forge better partnerships with the alternative...

Aldermore funds £6m commercial property development facility

Acre Invest has agreed a £6.27m funding package with Aldermore, to build a large...

Black Book Finance arranges £5m Shawbrook development facility

Shawbrook Bank's development finance team has supported another new funding facility working alongside Black...

COMMENT

The case for tech fluency before AI adoption in the mutual sector

It often feels like there is only one conversation taking place in financial services at the moment: artificial intelligence. Whether it’s trade shows and...

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM) is sometimes portrayed as a quick way for residents to...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers and administrators go on holiday. Specialist lending cases, which have...

Every rate shock is becoming a test of the modern mortgage business

Halifax, Barclays and HSBC increased selected mortgage rates by up to 0.20% this week, effective 21 July. Halifax removed its sub-4% deals entirely. Barclays'...

Your next client is probably more complicated than your last one

There's a shift happening in the mortgage market that most small firms aren't ready for. It's not about rates. It's not about the political...

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Final call for views on FCA mortgage reforms

The mortgage industry has until tomorrow to respond to Financial Conduct Authority proposals intended...

One in five borrow to fund private healthcare

Almost one in five people who recently accessed private healthcare used a credit card...

Digital mortgage ID checks unaffected by government U-turn

Digital identity verification used by mortgage lenders, brokers and other regulated firms is unaffected...

Family BS launches broker Mortgage Hub

Family Building Society has launched an online mortgage application platform designed to give brokers...

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