Equity extraction bridging loans to accelerate development pipeline

commercial mortgages
Housebuilders can improve profitability by employing their equity more efficiently and avoiding development pauses.  Fiduciam routinely works with housebuilders to accelerate the development cycle and recycle capital into new schemes.  This can be achieved through a hybrid facility covering multiple schemes or by structuring development finance to include an equity release on practical completion.  Fiduciam provided a £1.6m hybrid development loan to purchase a site in Tooting for the development of five dwellings.  The initial loan amount was increased to cover the acquisition costs of the site by releasing equity from the borrower’s newly completed scheme in West Norwood, which was also been financed by Fiduciam.

85% loan-to-cost acquisition and refurbishment facility

commercial mortgages

Fiduciam provided a prominent UK real estate investor with a £5m acquisition loan to complete a complex transaction involving the purchase of 32 residential apartments and the simultaneous sale of a six-unit development plot contained within the title. Individual leaseholds were granted by the vendor before transferring the freehold title. While the borrower was able to secure buy-to-let mortgages on seven leasehold units, they required Fiduciam’s assistance to complete the acquisition of the 25 other units within the mandated timescale. The bridging loan was underwritten on the basis of 70% of the breakup value, 85% of block value and 85% of acquisition cost. The facility allowed for the refurbishment of the flats during the term.

Financing a Cornish Hotel

commercial mortgages
Fiduciam provided Hustyns Resort in Cornwall with a £1.2 million loan to invest in the hotel, including a restaurant refurbishment and glamping offering.  These additions helped further diversify the resort’s offering, as well as maximise income during the peak summer months.  The principal is an experienced hotelier and has operated a series of hotels in both the United Kingdom and the United States.  The two-year bridging loan allowed time for accounts to be established before the borrower refinanced onto a term product with a commercial lender.  Ravi Gupta of Hustyns Resort commented: “The loan from Fiduciam means that we can not only weather this latest lockdown, but we can make the investments we want into our resort and know that our business’s future is secure.”

Turn-around commercial mortgages for a care home group

development finance

A specialist provider of dementia care had run into problems with its bank after an expansion of its business did not go to plan.  A newly opened care home had been graded as “inadequate” by the Care Quality Commission, which had prompted the bank to call in its loan facilities.  Fiduciam and the care home group worked closely together on a relay facility, allowing the care home group to repay its bank whilst executing a corporate restructuring that would enable it to tap into bank finance once again.  This restructuring plan had to be delivered around the needs of the nursing home patients.  Fiduciam was actively involved in the restructuring, which was completed successfully. The care home group refinanced with a high street bank one year later.

Commercial mortgages for well-established London landlord

development finance

An important and family-owned landlord, focused on affordable property for key-workers in London, uses Fiduciam to finance new property acquisitions and portfolio reallocations. As with other property investors he uses a mix of traditional bank loans and buy-to-let loans complimented by Fiduciam’s commercial mortgages. When acquiring new property, the high-street banks usually cannot meet time deadlines or simply wish to hold off until a rental track record has been established. Fiduciam is a constant provider of funding on new acquisitions for this successful landlord as he continues to build out his portfolio.