Development finance

Refurbishment finance milestone for LendInvest

LendInvest has completed its first Refurbishment Finance loan for an experienced developer in Scotland. The specialist...

Two more departures at Fortwell Capital

Fortwell Capital have announced that its sales director, Martin Gilsenan and business development manager,...

Octopus strengthens relationship with Black Book Finance

Octopus Property has completed £6.4m of loans for new distributor Black Book Finance within...

Bob Sturges leaves Fortwell Capital

Bob Sturges is leaving Fortwell Capital after six years at the lender. The communications specialist...

Funding Circle signals end of development lending

Funding Circle is to focus on its core small business lending product in the...

CSF hires development finance director

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has appointed Michael Fisher as development finance director. The business intends to...

Colin Sanders leaves Fortwell Capital

Colin Sanders is leaving the CPC-owned lender Fortwell Capital after six years at the...

Record month for Octopus Property

Octopus Property has reported record monthly lending performance for March. Under the leadership of Mario Berti, Octopus...

LendInvest unveils pre-construction product

LendInvest has launched a new pre-construction finance product, aimed at property professionals seeking to...

Brokers expect development finance demand rise

A broker sentiment survey, carried out in January this year by specialist lender United...

LendInvest funds Canary Wharf development deal

LendInvest has partnered with Merseyside Pension Fund to finance a loan secured against a...

Goldentree extends its social media activity

Goldentree has relaunched their Twitter account, @GoldentreeFS, and will also be releasing marketing materials...

Octopus Property cuts refurb loan rate

Octopus Property has reduced rates on its refurbishment loan. The revised product will still offer clients...

Trio of appointments for Goldentree

Goldentree Financial Services has announced three appointments. Scott Hannah moves to a business development manager...

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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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