Specialist lenders

The specialist lender has completed a £259m securitisation as part of its strategy to expand its capital base.

The real estate investor has backed the recently launched Hilltop, which aims to lend £125m to SME developers over the next 12 months.

Britain is in dire need of residential development. Debt providers can play an important role in supplying the necessary finance.

The London-based development finance provider is aiming to grow its loan book to more than £100m by the end of 2020.

Credit lines for specialist lending platforms are becoming a sought-after investment.

Lending to a singular alternative real estate sector means a firm must be ready to underwrite a property type’s unique risk and demonstrate specialist expertise.

The real estate investor has injected £400m of capital into the UK specialist lender.

While certain areas of the market continue to struggle, debt providers are increasingly drawn to the sector’s fundamentals, which offer an oasis of opportunity in the country.

The refinancing of Milton Park, a science and business park in Oxfordshire, represents the private lender’s largest single facility in Europe to date.

The firms aim to address a ‘shortage of debt capital’ in mainstream residential developments with their joint venture vehicle, which has an initial size of £165m.