Development finance

UTB and Iron Bridge mark decade-long partnership delivering more than 550 homes

United Trust Bank (UTB) and Iron Bridge Finance are marking a decade of collaboration...

CapitalRise joins BDLA to strengthen collaboration in specialist lending

CapitalRise has joined the Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA), becoming the latest lender...

StreamBank joins Synergy Commercial Finance lender panel

StreamBank has joined the lender panel of Synergy Commercial Finance, giving the network’s appointed...

Paragon supports £30m Ascot development

Paragon Bank has provided a £10 million revolving credit facility to support a £30...

HTB funds £18m refinance of listed London offices

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has completed an £18.2m refinancing facility for a Grade II...

Assetz Capital backs Thames-side luxury home with £1m development loan

Assetz Capital has completed a £1.07m development finance facility to fund the demolition of...

Catalyst simplifies product range with rate cuts and higher loan limits

Catalyst Property Finance has unveiled a streamlined range of specialist lending products, cutting rates...

Pluto Finance hires lending director to drive European expansion

Pluto Finance has appointed Max Güntner as lending director for Germany and the Netherlands,...

Glenhawk appoints head of construction to strengthen project oversight

Glenhawk has appointed Grant Gibson to the newly created role of head of construction...

Leumi UK provides £37m loan for speculative industrial development schemes

Leumi UK has delivered a £37.1m loan to Kier Property to fund the acquisition...

Zoopla warns cost pressures mean housing targets are at risk

The government’s flagship target to deliver 1.5m new homes over the next five years...

StreamBank bolsters underwriting team with two senior hires

StreamBank has strengthened its underwriting division with the appointment of two senior underwriters in...

Blackstone and Pluto Finance launch £2bn real estate partnership

Blackstone has struck a £2 billion partnership with Pluto Finance to expand its presence...

HTB supports £11.9m scheme to deliver 58 new homes in Ashford

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has agreed an £11.9m development facility to fund the construction...

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...

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1.3 million households facing mortgage cost shock

Around 1.3 million additional UK households are now exposed to higher mortgage costs following...

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 &...

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