Finance
Former D&G boss to lead Lomond Capital’s charge south
Ivor Dickinson joins Northern property investment firm with Southern ambitions
Broker Homes: More developers turning to brokers to source finance
88% of development finance brokers are reporting that developers have approached them in the last 12 months because they had been refused funding from the lender with which they would usually work, says …
Swiss Please: Currency windfall drives ‘overnight’ surge of investors to London
Last week's surprise removal of the EURCHF floor and another cut in the deposit rate has already driven a surge of enquiries from Switzerland's wealthocracy looking to shift assets to Blighty, say property …
Investment firm to hold ‘Property Dragons’ event
Details have emerged of a "Property Dragons Meeting" being held at The Savoy later this month.
80% of units in four new developments ‘sold to foreign buyers’
In the latest twist in the whole "squeezed out" debate, reports have claimed that 80% of the units in a series of new Thameside developments have been bought up by foreign purchasers.
HSBC injects £165m development facility to Barts Square
Helical Bar has secured a new £165m revolving credit facility for its Barts Square scheme in the City of London.
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Dragonfly makes regional lending play
Property-focused short-and-medium-term lender Dragonfly has hired a Regional Business Development Manager to boost its capability outside of London and the South East.
UK’s bridging loan market triples in under four years
When provider West One started charting the scale of the UK's bridging loan market in 2011, gross annual lending of this type stood at a mere £0.8bn;
Candy and Inland Homes team up on acquisition drive
Specialist brownfield developer Inland Homes has joined forces with Christian Candy's CPC Group to acquire a number of sites across the South East.
Chelsea Barracks hit with £38m Stamp Duty bill
Project Blue Ltd, the Qatari government owned vessel for the Chelsea Barracks development in London, has been held to account to the tune of £38m after an HMRC tax tribunal upheld a legal ruling against …
Resi development financiers embrace risk but ‘too many lenders chasing the same deals’
Residential development lenders are "embracing more risk," says Knight Frank, as competition for high returns heats up
Scheme Players: How to form a successful joint venture
It seems as though most major property development projects now involve some form of joint venture. B