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Which UK lenders provide development exit finance?

The answer

30 lenders in Solon's directory offer development exit finance. By type, they are 3 challenger and specialist banks and 27 property-backed lenders.

Answered by Solon Corporate Finance from the lenders’ own published terms · Last reviewed 27 September 2026

How this list is drawn

A lender appears here when its profile shows development exit finance among what it lends: a named product, a completed deal, or a stated use. Each profile was read by hand; a lender that passes development exits to an affiliate is not listed.

What to know

Development exit finance refinances a completed or nearly completed residential scheme out of its development loan. It gives the developer time to sell the units without the development lender's higher rate and deadline, and it is priced and sized as a bridge against the value of the unsold units.

It is property finance rather than corporate debt, and most of the lenders below are specialist property lenders. The property-backed lenders page covers the rest of that market.

The lenders30

Which UK lenders provide development exit finance?
Acre Lane CapitalTypeProperty-backed · Bridging & developmentLendsDevelopment exit loan, bridging loan, ground-up development loanRange£300k–£10mReviewedAug 2026
Al Rayan BankTypeChallenger & specialist · Specialist & niche banksLendsStructured real estate — residential investment finance, structured real estate — commercial investment finance, structured real estate — residential exit bridging financeRange£2.5m–£32mReviewedAug 2026
Aspen BridgingTypeProperty-backed · Bridging & developmentLendsBridging finance, development financeRangeup to £15mReviewedAug 2026
Atelier FinanceTypeProperty-backed · Bridging & developmentLendsDevelopment finance, bridging financeRange£3m–£15mReviewedAug 2026
Black & White BridgingTypeProperty-backed · Bridging & developmentLendsResidential bridging, commercial & semi-commercial bridge, auction bridgeRangeup to £7.5mReviewedAug 2026
Blend NetworkTypeProperty-backed · Bridging & developmentLendsDevelopment finance, bridging financeRange£500k–£10mReviewedAug 2026
CapitalRiseTypeProperty-backed · Bridging & developmentLendsBridging finance, development finance, sales period financeRange£1m–£20mReviewedAug 2026
Catalyst Property FinanceTypeProperty-backed · Bridging & developmentLendsShort term bridging loans, commercial bridging finance, refurbishment financeRangeup to £20mReviewedAug 2026
Clearwell CapitalTypeProperty-backed · Bridging & developmentLendsStretch senior development finance, bridging loansRangeup to £5mReviewedAug 2026
Cohort CapitalTypeProperty-backed · Bridging & developmentLendsBridging / short-term commercial and residential property finance, unregulated residential bridgingRange£1m–£100mReviewedAug 2026
Downing Property FinanceTypeProperty-backed · Bridging & developmentLendsDevelopment finance, bridging / development exitRange£2m–£30mReviewedAug 2026
Funding 365TypeProperty-backed · Bridging & developmentLendsResidential bridging, light refurbishment bridge, heavy refurbishment bridgeRangeup to £5mReviewedAug 2026
KSEYETypeProperty-backed · Bridging & developmentLendsResidential bridging, semi-commercial bridging, commercial bridgingRangeup to £50mReviewedAug 2026
LendhubTypeProperty-backed · Bridging & developmentLendsBridging financeRangeup to £10mReviewedAug 2026
LendInvestTypeProperty-backed · Bridging & developmentLendsUnregulated bridging, development exit, Refurbishment GDV / development financeRangeup to £20mReviewedAug 2026
London CreditTypeProperty-backed · Bridging & developmentLendsResidential bridging, commercial / semi-commercial bridging, development loanRangeup to £4mReviewedAug 2026
Maslow CapitalTypeProperty-backed · Bridging & developmentLendsShort-term finance, development finance, lending solutionsRange£300k–£750mReviewedAug 2026
MSP CapitalTypeProperty-backed · Bridging & developmentLendsDevelopment finance, bridging finance, auction finance bridgingRangeup to £20mReviewedAug 2026
Novellus FinanceTypeProperty-backed · Bridging & developmentLendsBridging finance, development exit bridging financeRangefrom £500kReviewedAug 2026
Oblix CapitalTypeProperty-backed · Bridging & developmentLendsDevelopment finance, bridging financeRangeup to £14mReviewedAug 2026
Octane CapitalTypeProperty-backed · Bridging & developmentLendsBridging loan, refurbishment bridging, development financeRangeup to £25mReviewedAug 2026
Pivot FinanceTypeProperty-backed · Bridging & developmentLendsBridging finance, development financeRange£1m–£15mReviewedAug 2026
Puma Property FinanceTypeProperty-backed · Bridging & developmentLendsSenior development finance, pre-development bridge financeRange£3m–£100mReviewedAug 2026
RelendexTypeProperty-backed · Bridging & developmentLendsResidential/commercial development finance & bridgingRange£750k–£10mReviewedAug 2026
Rikvin CapitalTypeProperty-backed · Bridging & developmentLendsShort-term bridging, developer-exit, auction & refinance bridging, Non-resident / foreign-national & SPV bridgingRange£1m–£20mReviewedAug 2026
Roma FinanceTypeProperty-backed · Bridging & developmentLendsRomaflow bridging, romaflow light refurbishment bridge, romaflow below market value bridgeRangeup to £3mReviewedAug 2026
Saffron Building SocietyTypeChallenger & specialist · Specialist & niche banksLendsProperty development financeRange£500k–£5mReviewedAug 2026
Saxon TrustTypeProperty-backed · Bridging & developmentLendsBridging finance, development finance, refurbishment and conversion financeRangeup to £5mReviewedAug 2026
United Trust BankTypeChallenger & specialist · Challenger banksLendsSenior secured term loan, property bridging (1st/2nd charge), development finance (ground-up and refurbishment)Rangeup to £1mReviewedJul 2026
Zorin FinanceTypeProperty-backed · Bridging & developmentLendsDevelopment finance, investment loansRange£5m–£150mReviewedAug 2026

A reference list drawn from each lender’s published material, informational and not a ranking or a recommendation. Each name links to the lender’s profile, where the sources are listed.