Finance
‘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
Proptech investment platform funds SW London ‘air rights’ project
77 investors get on board with Putney development scheme in under 12 days
Barclays rolls out buy-to-let mortgages for first-time buyers
Bank offers an "alternative way of helping first time buyers get onto the property ladder"
Reditum Capital backs ‘London’s biggest PDR initiative’
Israeli developer to convert Sky's former HQ in west London into 268 apartments after snapping up landmark site at a 'highly attractive' rate
Ranked: The Top 25 ‘PropTech Influencers’ of 2017
LendInvest releases annual rundown of digital real estate pioneers
Financial trade body names a new Head of Mortgages
Jackie Bennett will join UK Finance in February 2018.