Finance
Mortgage approvals hit a five-year low – UK Finance
Approvals on new house purchases have dropped by over 20% compared to last year...
Eaton Square refurb delivers 14% returns to crowdfund investors
CapitalRise completes its inaugural project - a Finchatton-led refurbishment on Eaton Square - ahead of schedule
New bridging lender launches in Mayfair with heavyweight team
Harry Hill-backed Glenhawk promises to "shake up the market"
No January blues for Century after biggest week to date
Short-term lender reports record start to 2018
Newby secures £22m Oaknorth loan for York centre project
Lender agrees its joint-highest amount ever for a 77-unit office-to-resi scheme
‘Refocussed’ Fortwell looks to the regions
CPC-owned lender broadens remit to include bigger projects beyond the South East...
Aldermore bumps up development loan limit for SME developers
Specialist bank increases its Property Development loan limit to £25m
£500m year for LendInvest
Specialist lender says record sum helped buy, build or renovate around 1,800 homes across the UK
New money laundering watchdog, with teeth, to launch in January
The Treasury has created a new watchdog to "tighten the UK’s defences against dirty money whilst minimising unnecessary burdens on legitimate business".
RBS adds a ‘Director of Mortgage Innovation’
New recruit is tasked with steering a digital transformation of the bank's mortgage operations.
Investment firm launches a property finance division; applies for banking license
City of London Group has recruited the former MD of Commercial Banking & Mortgages at Metro Bank and the former MD of Commercial Banking at Alliance & Leicester/Santander.
The UK’s first Bitcoin property deals go through
Property Group Go Holdings has sold two houses in Bitcoin for a combined equivalent value of £945,000