Development finance

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...

Together strengthens development finance team

Together has appointed a new head of development funding. Ian Pickering, who has worked for...

LendInvest offering new refurb product

LendInvest has launched a new refurbishment finance product aimed at experienced property professionals. The refurbishment...

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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