Did you Know?

What is often misunderstood is the fluid nature of the offers within the development finance marketplace.

It is often assumed that developer finance products are quite static i.e. once you know a lender’s product, you know and that’s it.

Not true.

Credit policies are in a reasonably constant state of flux as a whole, responding to such factors as economic climate, new investment into the business or a changing Board members brings a change in risk appetite.

Through our comparison data, we’ve noticed in the last few years that approximately a quarter of the top 40 lenders change some part of their offering once every 3 months.

Below are 16 ways lenders can change their offering, for the better or for the worse:

• Minimum Lend
• Maximum Lend
• Geography
• Developer Experience
• Risk appetite
• Credit History
• Sector appetite
• Max Loan to GDV %
• Max Loan to Total Project Cost %
• Minimum Developer Cash Stake
• Max Day 1 LTV %
• Interest Rate
• How the Rate is applied and calculated
• Arrangement Fees
• Exit Fees
• PG serviceability

The key takeaways from this are as follows:

The marketplace is far more fluid that many think

Developers need to regularly update themselves on the marketplace, at least once every 3 months

The downside is this realisation adds further to workload for developers searching for their ideal finance partners

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