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We examine why Birmingham is becoming a BTL hotspot, considering factors like regeneration projects and improved connectivity

Three areas where PropTech are helping drive significant progress in property development and construction

It’s an interesting time for property investors who have traditionally kept their portfolios devoted to sourcing property in London and the South. More recently however, we’re noticing at LendInvest that these same investors are becoming tuned into the depth and variety of housing stock available here. Initiatives such as the Northern Powerhouse – set up...

We are delighted to announce we have joined the Home Builders Federation to help us continue championing the small scale property developer

Housebuilding British Property Federation’s three year pledge: The BPF and a cohort of the build to rent’s key players have published a pledge to demonstrate the sector’s commitment to providing three-year tenancies and working with government to ensure the sector can play its part in rolling back 20 years of housing undersupply. Read more. Property...

April was a busy month for our policy team during which we responded to a number of public reports and consultations. We’ve wrapped up the main points here.

When it comes to servicing our borrowers’ loans, taking legal action or appointing an LPA Receiver to recover a borrower’s outstanding debt (and so return capital to investors) is the last possible course of action we will ever take. We call this taking enforcement action or enforcing a loan. When it happens, the loan can...

Our latest round-up of the latest property market commentary, including news on mortgages, housebuilding and property prices

If a borrower’s loan term comes to an end, they have not repaid the principal loan amount, and an extension to the loan has not been approved by us, we say that the loan is ‘out of term’. This can also be known as ‘in breach’. Going out of term can happen for a variety...

Loan extensions in professional, short-term lending like bridging are a common occurrence, here we explain why