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LendInvest has been named in the Disruptor 10, part of the Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100, which ranks Britain’s 100 private companies with the fastest-growing sales over their latest three years. To select the Disruptor 10, Fast Track researched and identified some of the UK’s most disruptive private companies and worked with Virgin Media Business to...

Our fourth PropTech event was alive with the buzz of new ideas. LendInvest borrower Reza Merchant gave a fascinating insight into his co-living company The Collective, now 97% subscribed and with plans to use technology to inform the design of its buildings. Next up was Dan Hughes, RICS news director & PropTech lead, who zoomed in...

LendInvest ran its first Property Development Academy in London last month. Attendees from all over the UK gathered to learn how to better equip themselves with the skills they need to grow their property development portfolios. Speakers from CBRE, Gleeds, Arcadis, Gowling, Residential Edge and AZ Urban Studio gave their insights into their respective fields of expertise....

Following the publication of the Tailored Review, LendInvest welcomes a renewed focus by government on delivering more housing of every type across the UK. We agree that the Homes and Communities Agency will play a crucial role in unlocking land and encouraging private sector development to put more homes on British streets. As the Communities and...

Interest in our first Property Development Academy courses has been enormous with 200 people applying for the first 25 slots available. Below are the dates for future courses, which can accommodate some of the applicants who could not be included in the first Academy courses. There is a waiting list to attend the Academy. If we have your application on...

All the votes are in! And the PropTech Powerlist, a list of the top 25 influencers in PropTech, is here. After a period of voting and nominations and much consideration the final list was drawn up based on the following criteria: Number of votes Level of public contribution to the PropTech space Time spent working...

A few highlights from the past week. . . The Autumn Statement disappointed those looking for changes to Stamp Duty, but put increasing housing supply and investment in infrastructure front and centre of the Government’s policy priorities. While buying in London becomes harder for ordinary buyers, first time buyers are swelling in Scotland. Switching mortgages could...

Philip Hammond’s first Autumn Statement will also be his last, as he will use future fiscal events in the Autumn to outline new economic and financial changes and the Spring statement will be an update of progress. In policy terms, Hammond has slackened his predecessor’s ambition to reach a budget surplus by 2020, instead prioritising...

In the Autumn Statement today the Chancellor announced a ban on letting agency fees to be implemented “as soon as possible.” Ian Thomas, LendInvest co-founder & CIO, said: “Scrapping letting agency fees is surely at odds with the government’s goal to promoting a healthy rental market. Landlords will be squeezed from yet another angle, while...

We report back on our survey asking property professionals what they most want to see in the Autumn statement