Latest specialist finance news

• Patron provides £163m facility for office repositioning and acquisition 11 November 2026

  The transaction sees Patron's specialist real estate credit vehicle taken to £270m

• W.A.L.T. appoints new commercial director 11 November 2026

  The new appontment previously held the same position at Kennek

• Oaknorth extends facility to Gold Funding 11 November 2026

  The facility will allow the growth of the firm's lending activities

• Somo joins Swoop 11 November 2026

  Brokers will be able to compare Somo products on a single platform

• FRP arranges £3m land bridge for gas site remediation 11 November 2026

  The site will be repurposed for the construction of 144 homes

• Gatehouse Capital partners with Knowledge Bank 10 November 2026

  The deal aims to match brokers with client requirements quicker

• Ignite names trio appointment including chairman and CFO 10 November 2026

  Appointments include two senior non-executive roles

• Unicorn arranges £2.69m holiday lodge park refinance 10 November 2026

  The facility was arranged with Atom Bank.

• Watts appoints London and South East commercial manager 10 November 2026

  Alex Stan brings over a decade of financial services experience with him to the position.

• Aria launches high-net-worth-focused brokerage 10 November 2026

  The firm will focus on high-net-worth, private clients across a range of property requirements

• Lendhub completes £2.1m refurb-development hybrid facility 10 November 2026

  The facility will see the simultaneous financing of a Surrey-based refurbishment and development

• Bridging Trends shows Q3 lending rise as confidence ‘creeping back’ and landlords make use of market liquidity 10 November 2026

  The report comes as borrowers get used to "new normal" amid continuing global uncertainty

• Atom makes duo commercial BDM hire 9 November 2026

  Two new hires supporting London and South region

• AlRayan selects Monument for tech transformation 9 November 2026

  Programme marks Monument Technology's first venture into Islamic banking

• Brickflow adds Somo to lender panel 9 November 2026

  The lender is the latest addition to the panel of over 160 firms

• Legal delays, downvaluations and cautious credit committees dominate FP Show discussions 9 November 2026

  On Friday 6th November, B&C hit the floor at the FP Show 2026 to hear directly from the market about the biggest challenges the specialist finance industry faces

• UTB launches asset finance arm to wider broker market 9 November 2026

  The firm aims to serve those with "imperfect credit".

• Paragon joins BDLA as associate member 9 November 2026

  Membership comes ahead of the bank’s bridging market launch

• Bridging finance specialists weigh pros and cons of AI 6 November 2026

  During the second bridging panel at this year's FP Show, experts discussed the need for utilising AI alongside its potential dangers.

• Semi-commercial lending becoming a market ‘mainstay’ thanks to diversification 6 November 2026

  Landlord diversification has made semi-commercial lending a solid foundation in the commercial mortgages market, according to experts at the FP Show 2026.