A taskforce featuring some of the UK’s top property experts has been launched to help the West Midlands accelerate the construction of low carbon, energy efficient homes. The Zero Carbon Homes Taskforce has been set up by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) to support the region’s fight against climate change, making sure all new […]
Arbuthnot Latham has provided more than £23m of refinancing to help the private real estate investment firm, Castleforge Partners with current and future value-add opportunities. Since it was founded in 2010 by Brandon Hollihan and Michael Kovacs, Castleforge Partners has invested over £1bn throughout the UK and Europe and has consistently generated returns above expectations […]
Nucleus Commercial Finance today announces the appointment of Andy Bird as business development director of Property Finance. Andy brings with him 30 years’ industry experience and will be central to developing a new property proposition for Nucleus, to sit alongside the lender’s current offering. Andy joins from Santander where he was relationship director for real […]
The UK housing market activity remained strong in September, as reported by the latest RICS UK Residential Survey. Buyer enquiries, agreed sales and new listings all remained strong over the month. Nevertheless, sales further ahead are expected to weaken amid the challenging macro-economic environment, evidenced by twelve-month expectations which have moved deeper into negative territory. […]
The equity release market showed the most change across all seven categories recorded by Knowledge Bank, with ‘Maximum Loan Amount’ being the only consistent search in the top five results. The disruption to the market suggests homeowners are wishing to release equity for a number of reasons and this is why we see so much […]
Specialist short term lender Hope Capital is transforming the way it does business with the implementation of new ID verification and messaging technology. By introducing Nivo’s secure messaging technology, Hope Capital says it can do away with face-to-face meetings for ID verification purposes. However, as Hope Capital prides itself on its transparency, it will retain […]
Peer-to-peer lender Assetz Capital has completed a further £1.5m fundraise, after the government’s Future Fund matched its overfunded crowdfunding round on Seedrs of over £750,000. The secured business lender – which lends to UK SMEs and small housebuilders – is using the funds to further support its growth and also help fund the setup of […]
The business is located on a vibrant high street in the attractive and sought-after market town of Helmsley, with a range of boutiques and independent shops nearby. In addition to a standard convenience store offering, the well-fitted store stocks quality local produce from farmers, such as soups and butchery products as well as fresh fruit […]
Sovereign Housing Association have bought a shopping centre and the adjacent car-park, in the heart of Bristol, in a £27.2m deal from BlackRock UK Property Fund. With 60,000 homes and 140,000 customers Sovereign are one of the leading HA’s in the country, and this multi-tenanted Clifton Down shopping centre and its 350 vehicle car park, […]
Clydesdale Bank, owned by Virgin Money, and Leumi UK, the London-based subsidiary of Israel’s leading international bank, have completed a two-bank club deal for the owner of 100 Queen’s Gate Hotel London, Curio Collection by Hilton, South Kensington. The banks have agreed a 50:50 deal, to refinance an existing lender and provide additional liquidity to […]
