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The latest quarterly data from the Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA) has revealed a strong start to 2025, with figures defying seasonal norms to continue the sector’s growth trajectory.

New bridging loan completions totalled £2.8 billion in Q1 2025, matching the record set in Q4 2024, during a period that typically sees reduced activity due to the seasonal slowdown. At the same time, new applications surged to £18.34 billion, a 55.3% increase on the previous quarter, marking an unprecedented spike in demand.

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TWM Solicitors has become the latest Associate Member to join the Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA).

TWM Solicitors is a full-service law firm with a lender services division celebrating 25 years in 2025. The firm has developed a reputation for its transactional work acting on bridging, development and mezzanine finance transactions, as well as a deep expertise in mini securitisations, structured finance, loan management, recoveries and funding- end to end legal support with multiple offices in the South East and London.

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Bluecroft Finance has become the latest Lender Member to join the Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA).

Bluecroft Finance is a specialist lender offering tailored bridging, commercial and refurbishment finance solutions to property professionals across the UK. With a streamlined approval process, swift funding, and bespoke lending solutions, Bluecroft supports a wide variety of clients including investors, developers and SMEs with complex borrowing needs.

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Ward Hadaway has joined the Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA) as an Associate Member.

Ward Hadaway is a UK Top 100 law firm with a well-established real estate and property finance practice. With offices in Leeds, Manchester, and Newcastle the firm provides expert legal services to bridging and development lenders, offering support across a range of transactions from acquisition funding, development finance, loan management, exit planning, recovery and enforcement.

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TAB, the property finance and investment platform, has joined the Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA) as a Lender Member.

Founded in 2018, TAB is a whole life cycle, real estate finance and investment platform to cater to property projects that are not aligned with the stringent criteria of traditional lenders. Since then, TAB has expanded and its extensive lending experience, diverse funding sources, and nationwide reach enable it to offer competitive finance solutions as well as a growing range of investment opportunities including fractional property ownership and fractional debt investments.

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Together has become the latest lender member to join the Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA).

Established in 1974, Together is one of the UK’s leading specialist lenders, with a loan book of £7.7billion and a strong reputation in the bridging market.

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Masthaven has become the latest lender member to join the Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA).

Founded in 2005, Masthaven is specialist property finance lender with an offering that includes bridging and development finance. Its range of bridging products has been designed to serve clients with a wide range of requirements including speed of transactions, multiple securities, complex credit and refurbishment projects. Masthaven’s development finance is available for single builds, multiple builds, part-built developments, conversions large extensions and developer exits.

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District & County Investments has become the latest lender to join the Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA).

District & County Investments is a Merseyside based bridging lender with a long history of providing clients with the vital funding required to help them with all aspects of property development and purchase. Loans are available for a range of purposes, including auction purchase, land purchase, new build developments, light/heavy refurbishments, mixed use, buy to let acquisitions and small portfolios.

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Bridging lending has continued its record-breaking growth, with data from the Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA) showing increases in applications, completions and loan book values, which have broken through £10bn for the first time.

The figures, compiled by auditors from data provided by members of the BDLA, show that bridging completions grew to a new record of £2.30bn in Q4 2024, representing a 28.6% increase on the previous quarter.

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Movin Legal has become the latest organisation to join the Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA) as an associate member.

Movin Legal is a conveyancing intermediary platform that provides amongst its services specialist offerings for bridging conveyancing, auction purchases and commercial property. It provides access to a panel of experts in the fields of investment and development property, both residential and commercial, with tightly managed and monitored deadlines and a fixed fee guarantee.

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