L&G provides financing to its affordable housing business
14 hours agoA further £175m of development finance is being provided by a consortium of external investors.
Brightstar recruits national account manager
14 hours ago
Hollands has 25 years’ experience in the mortgage industry.
The House Crowd hires chief operating officer
15 hours ago
Davies has over 35 years’ experience in the financial industry.
News
London landlords lose £730m due to avoidable void periods
6 hours ago
Rental properties across the capital are empty for an average of 24 days.
UK Finance: First-time buyer mortgages rise in December
17 hours ago
There were 29,490 of these mortgages recorded.
Kensington cuts resi HTB and BTL rates
17 hours ago
The lender has also upped the maximum loan size on 80% LTV products to £2m, on 85% LTV offerings to £1.5m and on 90% LTV deals to £1m.
Blog
Why confidence is on the up among developers
15 hours ago
There are very few barriers now holding developers back.
The underwriting process for bridging loans
15 hours ago
The most important factor is the borrower’s circumstances, aims and aspirations for the funds.
Editor's Pick
Loans Warehouse appoints Leap Leading to panel
18 hours ago
Leap Lending is the first of five new lenders to be added to Loan Warehouse's lending panel in the coming weeks.
Crystal Specialist Finance adds BDM
18 hours ago
In her new role, Pettit will be based in the Midlands and the North of England.
RLA: Action required to stop fall in rental housing supply
Tue 18 Feb 2020
Additionally landlords are being incentivised by the tax system to switch their properties to short-term lets, added the RLA.
Commercial investment market: Horizon gazing post-Brexit
Wed 12 Feb 2020
There has already been a noticeable uptick in decisiveness and activity.
Why service is core to the UK’s BTR sector
Mon 10 Feb 2020
It’s no secret that the UK’s build-to-rent sector is still very much in its nascent stages compared to US multi-family developments.
2020 is the year of the second charge mortgage
Fri 7 Feb 2020
In 2019 will have seen approximately £1.4bn lent, but second charge mortgages are still an underused solution.
Oblix Capital unveils development finance calculator
Mon 17 Feb 2020
The new functionality is featured on the Oblix Capital website,
Catalyst Property Finance appoints head of new business
Mon 17 Feb 2020
Farge will manage Catalyst’s internal new business team.
More landlords opting for 2-year fixed rates
Mon 17 Feb 2020
The growing number of landlords opting for shorter-term rates has been fuelled by the shorter early repayment charge periods.
Engen Group: Government housing target is “too low”
Mon 17 Feb 2020
The research also shows that 44% of real estate professionals believe that affordability will get worse over the next ten years.
A guide to building business resilience in financial services
Mon 3 Feb 2020
Thanks to the UK’s new Open Banking initiative, the scale of IT problems within the financial services sector has become apparent.
An exciting year ahead
Wed 29 Jan 2020
The development space is one we are particularly excited about coming into the year.
Are we no longer a country of animal lovers?
Wed 29 Jan 2020
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick MP put more pressure on landlords to allow ‘responsible tenants to have well-behaved pets’ in their rental property.