February 13, 2017

John Slaughter, Home Builders Federation opens second LendInvest Property Development Academy course

Speaking at the LendInvest Property Development Academy today, the Home Builders Federation’s Director of External Affairs John Slaughter, said:

“The cumulative undersupply of homes is a serious issue in this country. It is widely accepted that we need small house builders to enter the market and we need them to grow if we are to meet the challenge of delivering more homes.

“The housebuilding industry is not an easy professional endeavour and people coming into it as new entrepreneurs benefit from initiatives such as the LendInvest Property Development Academy.”

Ian Thomas, LendInvest’s CIO and Co-Founder, said:

“Our Development Academy is providing property entrepreneurs with the tools they need to get their projects off the ground, supporting them to navigate the challenges of securing land, obtaining finance, and ultimately adding to the nation’s housing stock. The support of the Home Builders Federation for the academy underlines demand from across the industry to promote property entrepreneurship and reverse the decline of small scale house builders.

“With government set to publish a white paper on housing in the coming weeks, we encourage Housing Minister Gavin Barwell to support the small-scale property investors and developers who play a critical role in delivering the homes communities need most.”

About LendInvest

LendInvest is the UK’s leading platform for property finance.

LendInvest offers short-term, development and buy-to-let mortgages to intermediaries, landlords and developers. Its proprietary technology and user experience are designed to make it simpler for both borrowers and investors to access property finance.LendInvest has lent over £3bn of short term, development and buy to let mortgages.

Its funders and investors include global institutions such as HSBC, Citigroup and NAB, and, in 2019, it was the first Fintech to securitise a portfolio of BTL mortgages. The company has reported annual profitable growth since 2015 and was named Digital Innovation Award Winner at the Sunday Times Tech Track 100 Awards, and both Specialist Lender and Buy-to-Let Lender of the Year for 2019 at the last NACFB awards.