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Arc & Co. and HTB agree £21.5m facility for Nottingham student scheme

Arc & Co. and Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) have closed a £21.5 million development...

Renters’ Rights Bill forces rethink for accommodation investors

Housing Hand, the UK rental services provider, has warned that the proposed Renters’ Rights...

Investec backs Moorfield with £26m loan for Bristol student housing scheme

Investec has provided Moorfield Group with a £26 million senior debt facility to support...

United Trust Bank moves into student housing with new funding offer

United Trust Bank has broadened its living sector proposition with the launch of a...

Economic uncertainty weighing on business borrowers

Taken as a whole, Atom bank’s SME Pulse for Q2 shows the current robust...

Arc & Co. doubles lending volumes in year of commercial and development rebound

Specialist debt and equity advisory Arc & Co. has reported a 108% year-on-year rise...

Commercial borrowing appetite softens amid inflation and uncertainty

A growing sense of caution among small and medium-sized business borrowers is dampening the...

Aldermore provides £37.6m loan for South West PBSA portfolio

Aldermore has completed a £37.6 million commercial mortgage facility to support the refinancing and...

Atom bank funds £2.7m purchase of Leicester pub conversion into student housing

Atom bank has provided a £2.7m commercial mortgage to support the purchase of a...

Aldermore supports new student accommodation scheme in Northampton

Aldermore has provided a multi-million pound development loan to College Street Northampton LLP to...

Hilco completes £11.5m bridging loan on Liverpool student block in two weeks

Hilco Real Estate Finance (HREF) has completed a £11.5m bridging loan on The Platform,...

OSB Group launches specialist property solutions team for complex cases over £5m

Specialist lender OSB Group has appointed a new specialist team, dedicated to supporting brokers...

Regional imbalance deepens as development in London slows

The UK housing market is facing a stark regional imbalance as new data points...

HTB backs Bristol student scheme with £14m development loan

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has provided £14 million in development finance to support the...

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Mortgages, mutuality, members and making a difference

Anyone working in the mortgage market knows that a key area of our measurement is sales. How many cases we complete, the value of...

Stability is not a slowdown; it’s exactly what the bridging market needs

So, according to the recent Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA) figures, bridging completions fell in Q2. Cue the usual hand-wringing. The headlines landed, the...

The rise of the silver pound

UK house prices may have cooled from their peak, but affordability pressures remain acute. Even with recent adjustments to interest rates, rising property values have...

Staggering stamp duty will make it easier for people to move

A proposal to spread stamp duty land tax payments across several years, in an effort to drive growth and boost the housing market, is...

Making Digital Sales Ready properties the norm, not the exception

Digital Sales Ready listings and upfront information have the potential to transform the home buying and selling journey, creating faster, more transparent transactions with...

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The Vernon named employer of the year at Stockport Business Awards

Vernon Building Society has been recognised as Employer of the Year at the Stockport...

Mark Bogard on policy, politics and the future of advice

When Mark Bogard, Chief Executive of Family Building Society, talks about Britain’s housing policy,...

MAB’s Brodnicki urges brokers embrace  technology, data and AI to make the intermediary proposition even more compelling than it is today

Peter Brodnicki, chief executive of the Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB), told brokers they must...

Clydesdale Bank to overhaul variable rate mortgage range

Clydesdale Bank will withdraw a number of products and introduce new variable rate deals...