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OakNorth Bank completes £21m loan to Strawberry Star for major new mixed-use development in Wandsworth

Sunday June 10th, 2018

OakNorth has lent £21m to Strawberry Star – the international property company established in 2007 by property mogul Santhosh Gowda; RM Secured Direct Lending PLC has provided a further £4.9m of debt, bringing the total loan amount to almost £26m and the GDV to over £46m; The loan will be used to purchase a site […]

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Ep. 224. Insights: SMB Banking…are you being (under)served?

Friday June 8th, 2018

Fintech Insider (11:FS podcast)

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Pocket Living to submit planning permission for 153 affordable homes in Croydon with the help of loan from OakNorth Bank

Thursday June 7th, 2018

  OakNorth, has completed a £4m loan to innovative housing developer Pocket Living– who deliver well-designed, local and affordable homes for first-time buyers; Pocket has since secured an unconditional land deal to develop over 150 affordable homes in Central Croydon; To date Pocket Living has a future pipeline of 650 units and is working with […]

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OakNorth Bank completes largest deal to date for development of luxury hotel in central London  

Tuesday June 5th, 2018

OakNorth has completed a loan of £21m for the development of a new 40-bedroom luxury hotel in Holborn – L’Oscar; In addition to the £21m being provided by OakNorth, RM Funds is lending a further £3m; OakNorth was introduced to the deal by Stonehouse Finance.   OakNorth – has completed its largest deal since launching […]

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UK businesses losing over £537m in interest every year by leaving savings with the big five banks rather than a challenger

Monday January 29th, 2018

  SMEs in the UK currently save £66.6bn in deposit accounts[1], of which 74% (£49.3bn) is held with the big five banks[2]; These banks provide an average rate of 36%[3]compared to the average rate being offered by the top 10 ‘challenger’ banks of 1.45%[4]; This is a difference in interest of 1.09%, equating to a […]

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OakNorth Bank lends £2m to Warwick Estates to assist with the property manager’s ‘buy and build’ strategy  

Friday January 19th, 2018

OakNorth has lent £2m to Warwick Estates – the established property management business which manages over 850 sites, encompassing 27,500 units; The debt finance will assist the company in its ‘buy and build’ strategy as it looks to acquire other property management businesses and develop as a market leader in a fragmented market; Warwick Estates […]

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