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The publication of the housing white paper comes with an admission by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Sajid Javid that efforts by successive governments to deliver new and affordable homes has been lagging. Following the release of an industrial strategy for Britain, these proposals underline the government’s commitment to long term...

LendInvest responds to the government’s Housing White Paper, which was published today

Property Innovation Labs (Pi Labs) invests exclusively in PropTech start-ups, along with providing in-house expertise to guide and assist entrepreneurs in the scaling of their business. This week our CEO Christian Faes sat down with a group of new entrants to the PropTech industry to shed light on his journey to date, reveal how Lendinvest...

A property development glossary that covers all of they key terms you need to know when involved in property development

Here’s this fortnight’s round-up of the latest commentary and activity in the property market. Housing and property policy Housing White Paper delayed again: The Housing White Paper, which has already been significantly delayed, will not meet its rescheduled publication date of January 30. Instead, it needs “more work”, according to Number 10. The paper will...

With 2016 at an end and heads turned to the challenges and opportunities of the year ahead, LendInvest hosted a roundtable earlier this month in partnership with Bridging Introducer, gathering a panel of expert voices together to garner industry opinion. How did the market respond to the Stamp Duty changes of April? And what has...

The latest update from our LendInvest Capital Managing Director giving you the latest insights into the economy and wider property investment landscape

The government has given us all the first glance at what their “Modern Industrial Strategy” is going to look like as it begins to prepare the economy for life after Brexit. The strategy is wrapped around objectives to build and extend on the UK’s sectoral strengths, close the productivity gap between companies, industries and places,...

Today the government release their Modern Industrial Strategy, set to outline investment in research and development that will support British industries. Commenting immediately after the announcement, Christian Faes, co-founder and CEO of LendInvest, commented:   “Early rumours about this Industrial Strategy made us worry it would repurpose poor plans from decades past. But what we’re reading today...

Unless you are a cash buyer it is often a good idea to have finance arrangements agreed and a ‘decision in principle’ before you bid for a property. Whether you secure finance before or after the gavel falls, ensuring your necessary finance is in place to fund the purchase within the completion date timeline is...