Tag: funding

Disabled people face housing crisis as Government reneges on funding pledge

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th February 2024, 2 years ago | 2

The Government has been accused of breaking its promise to increase the funding for disabled people to adapt their homes,...

39 developers sign up for the building safety contract

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th March 2023, 3 years ago | 2

Thirty-nine of the country’s biggest housebuilders have signed up to the developer remediation contract – which will see the removal...

Landlords warn that energy efficiency plans are ‘dead in the water’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th January 2023, 3 years ago | 55

Landlords are warning that plans to improve the energy efficiency of homes in the private rented sector (PRS) are ‘dead...

Call for EPC cash funding to help landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th January 2023, 3 years ago | 2

Propertymark has called on the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to widen access to cash support to...

Government to fund rogue landlord crackdown

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th November 2022, 3 years ago | 34

The government has today revealed that it will fund councils with high numbers of ‘poor privately rented homes’ in a...

Remember our background is in BuytoLet and Commercial finance

Author: Neil Patterson

1st July 2014, 12 years ago | 0

Mark, Mike and I met through the common background of BuytoLet and Commercial Finance. Over the years through The Money...

Record levels of Bridging Finance used by Landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th October 2013, 13 years ago | 0

In the last year Landlords borrowed £640 million on Bridging finance for the purposes of Buy to Let. The use...

Development finance using Equity instead of Liquid Cash

Author: Howard

11th October 2013, 13 years ago | 1

I have an example of how the commercial market is changing. Some lenders are now taking a risked based view...

CAMPARI – old school lenders underwriting

Author: Mark Alexander

14th August 2013, 13 years ago | 2

CAMPARI stands for Character, Ability, Means, Purpose, Amount, Repayment, Interest and Insurance  It was also a popular drink in the late...

Development Finance – Where do you start?

Author: Neil Patterson

8th August 2013, 13 years ago | 0

Borrowers are still being frustrated by the banks’ continued reluctance to lend on development finance projects, but reality is that...

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Mezzanine Finance for Developers

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th August 2013, 13 years ago | 1

(By Malcolm Jones of Brooklands Commercial Finance) Despite the Banks recent profit announcements, Developers are still being frustrated by their...

12.5% return on cash invested on a newly refurbished Manchester based development

Author: Mark Alexander

31st July 2013, 13 years ago | 0

Last week I was presented with a Manchester based buy-to let investment opportunity which looks particularly attractive. The gross yield...

Precise Mortgages launch Bridge to Let product

Author: Neil Patterson

17th June 2013, 13 years ago | 0

The intermediary only lender Precise Mortgages has today launched the Uk’s only true Bridge to Let Product for development and...

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Residential Property Development up by over 15%

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th June 2013, 13 years ago | 1

The value of private residential property development projects starting on site is up 15.2% compared with the same period in...

The 2013 buy to let goldrush

Author: Mark Alexander

2nd April 2013, 13 years ago | 13

I have had a ‘gut feeling’ that the property market would turn in 2013 for at least four years, however,...

Lending Criteria to Consider when Purchasing a Buy to Let Flat

Author: Neil Patterson

11th March 2013, 13 years ago | 2

I had a question concerning this from our reader Dan today, but many Buy to Let investors I talk to...

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Development Finance Terms and Criteria update

Author: Neil Patterson

28th February 2013, 13 years ago | 0

We are working with a range of dedicated Development finance lenders for our readers to get the best criteria terms...

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Development Finance Story of a very happy Property Developer

Author: Neil Patterson

25th February 2013, 13 years ago | 1

A Property118 reader has shared this story with us – he’s a Property Developer and was struggling to find the...

Shawbrook Bank the common sense lender

Author: Neil Patterson

12th February 2013, 13 years ago | 0

Our preferred commercial finance broker Cliff Verrill reports that Shawbrook Bank are driven by common sense not bureaucracy looking for...

Shawbrook Bank slash arrangement fees and rates

Author: Neil Patterson

29th January 2013, 13 years ago | 2

Shawbrook Bank specialists in commercial and BTL finance have reduced their arrangement fees to 1.70% a saving of 0.80%, and...