Refurbishment

Masthaven lowers development finance rates to support scheme viability

Specialist lender Masthaven Finance has reduced rates across its development finance range as part...

Developers look to steadier lending conditions for confidence

Improving conditions across the lending landscape are helping to lift developer confidence heading into...

Masthaven cuts bridging rates and broadens AVM use

Masthaven Finance has updated its bridging proposition with rate cuts across key products, wider...

Recognise Bank backs South Kensington renovation with £556k bridging loan

Recognise Bank has completed a £556,000 residential bridging loan to support the renovation of...

Aspen cuts rates by 60bps across its specialist lending range

Aspen has begun 2026 with a series of rate reductions across its entire product...

Bridging finance momentum shows up in Knowledge Bank broker search data

Broker search behaviour on Knowledge Bank suggests bridging finance is playing an increasingly central...

Roma Finance partners with new refurbishment cost platform

Roma Finance has been named finance partner for the national rollout of the Refurb...

StreamBank streamlines bridging range into three simplified categories

StreamBank has overhauled its bridging proposition, introducing a simplified three-part structure designed to make...

RAW Capital Partners widens remit with new UK mortgage range

RAW Capital Partners has expanded into the mainstream UK lending market with the launch...

Aspen agrees £1,125,000 bridge to complete Clapham HMO works

Aspen has completed a £1,125,000 development exit bridge to support an experienced developer in...

C&M Wealth integrates bridging criteria with Knowledge Bank

C&M Wealth has become the latest specialist bridging lender to upload its criteria to...

Assetz Capital cuts rates as developers pivot to conversions amid deepening planning delays

Assetz Capital has reduced pricing across its refurbishment, regeneration and development-exit loans with borrower...

Inspired Lending backs redevelopment of Grade II listed Cotswolds manor

Inspired Lending has provided a £1.8 million facility to support the purchase and refurbishment...

Masthaven joins TRM panel to widen access to bridging finance

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has added Masthaven Finance to its lender panel,...
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COMMENT

Comment

We must not accept our snail’s pace home buying system

Buying a house in this country can be ridiculously slow, as a handful of recent studies have highlighted. Research from the House Buyer Bureau...

Deferment and capitalisation rates: small percentages, large consequences

The Government is currently consulting on Leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates to determine what deferment and capitalisation rates should be prescribed under the Leasehold and...

Your clients can’t tell which firm they’re dealing with

Two clients walk into your firm in the same week. One of them is a referral from a mate of yours. Complicated case, self-employed, bit...

It’s time to look at retention

As the summer winds down and the back-to-school routine kicks back in, I urge the industry to turn its attention to something just as...

Landlords are buying – and advisers should take note

There has been no shortage of commentary over recent years suggesting landlords are heading for the exit, buy-to-let apparently no longer works and the...

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