Tokyo Tops Global Prime Property Index as Luxury Home Prices Jump 51 Percent
Email Sign Up For Our Free Weekly Newsletter Global prime home prices up 2.6 percent annually in Q2 Prime residential prices across the world's luxury housing markets rose at a…
Back to school rush as 54k homes hit market
Sale properties up 35% in some regionsOver 50,000 homes have hit the market since the nation’s schools returned following the summer holidays, with the level of property for sale climbing…
Prices rise as buyers return from summer break
But affordability remains key to sales completingBuyers have returned from their summer breaks eager to buy with activity up since August, according to Rightmove’s September house price index. Their return…
Mixed portfolio refinance across PBSA, HMOs and semi-commercial wraps in three weeks
Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has completed £22m of lending across a mixed property portfolio in Nottingham, three weeks after issuing offers. The specialist bank structured two 10-year facilities to refinance…
£4.5m development finance facility backs six-home scheme on woodland quarry site near Bath
Shawbrook has provided a £4.5m development finance facility to Arc X Developments for the acquisition and development of six detached homes on a former stone quarry site in Combe Down,…
Single Family Housing Starts Rebound in the U.S.
Email Sign Up For Our Free Weekly Newsletter Home Builders Face Persistent Headwinds in 2026 U.S. single-family home construction rebounded sharply in August 2026, but the gain did little to…
Redwood structures £403k deal to bridge landlord-occupier gap on Merseyside
Redwood Bank has completed a £403,410 semi-commercial loan on a Liverpool mixed-use property where the borrower was simultaneously acting as both landlord and business occupier, resolving the deal through an…
Darlington completes £54,000 SPV buy-to-let for first-time landlords at 80% LTV
Darlington Building Society has completed a £54,000 limited company buy-to-let mortgage at 80% LTV for two first-time landlords buying through a newly formed special purpose vehicle, in a case that…
£2m bridge refinances Hertfordshire land with planning for two luxury homes
Recognise Bank has completed a £2.025m bridging loan to refinance existing debt secured against a residential development site in Hertfordshire, from initial enquiry to completion in under two weeks. The…
U.S. Pending Home Sales Edge Higher in August
Email Sign Up For Our Free Weekly Newsletter Higher Mortgage Rates Keep Housing Market Sluggish Contracts to buy previously owned homes edged higher in August, offering a modest sign of…