Finance
Oaknorth triples profits
Challenger bank claims to have bankrolled the creation of 10,000 new homes since it launched in 2015.
12% of HNWIs ‘have been turned down for a mortgage’ in the last ten years
New research by Butterfield Mortgages lambasts 'tick box' methods of high street lenders
Mortgage lending is ‘off to a strong start’ in 2019
The latest monthly update from UK Finance indicates that more home-movers and first-time buyers were active in the mortgage market in January this year compared to last
Brookfield takes a majority stake in Oaktree
Major real estate investors combine forces in $4.7bn deal.
Surveying the state of the buy-to-let finance market
Buy-to-let investors need to be more pro-active than ever in order to get the most out of a property portfolio, writes Islay Robinson, CEO of Enness Group, in an in-depth survey of the UK's BtL scene
‘Exceptional uplift in client demand’ prompts property finance firm to boost HNW team
One77 Mortgages has expanded its in-house high net worth and specialist lending team.
Deadline looms for client money protection regs
Reminder: Letting agents have until 1st April to sign up to a government-approved CMP scheme - or face fines of up to £30,000.
Top Swiss private bank turns to direct real estate investments
Pictet Group has launched a new fund to invest in property assets - including residential - across Europe; Starwood's Zsolt Kohalmi has been recruited to run the show.
Westcombe secures £16.7m for West London resi projects
Family-run developer will use capital from OakNorth Bank to fund two resi schemes, in Isleworth and Northwood.
The number of £2m+ homes owned by companies has fallen by 10%
Tax changes have pushed more owners to de-envelope properties, says Boodle Hatfield.
Average mortgage payments as a proportion of income have dropped from 43% in 2008 to 31% in 2018
'Owning a home with a mortgage now more affordable than 10 years ago', according to mortgage firm Private Finance, despite house prices soaring by 29%.
High-end property crowdfunding platform looks for investment
Luxury property crowdfunding platform Capitalrise is listing itself on investment platform Seedrs.