Downing Property Finance

Supporting the UK's housing needs

Downing is an established lender to the property sector, with an experienced team of dedicated professionals offering senior secured development and bridging loans since 2017.

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Downing Property Finance

Targeting attractive yield through a “safety-first” lens, Downing’s tested investment approach focuses on delivering residential development and bridging finance to experienced developers. Commercial development projects can also be considered.

£500m+*

committed since 2017

Opportunities

development and bridge lending

Team

10 dedicated investment professionals

*as at 30 May 2023

Our strategy

Our institutional-grade investment process ensures we maintain a genuine senior debt profile.

Relationships

Relationship-based sourcing, working with well-known, experienced counterparties

Diversification

Diversification across the UK, with a focus on opportunities with good liquidity

Deep markets

Focus on deeper markets or those with structural undersupply

Targeted

Avoidance of high-end developments, first-time or part-time developers and properties in distress

Responsible investing

We aim to actively identify, consider, monitor and manage ESG factors throughout the investment process and throughout the period of our ownership enables us to create value for our investors and communities.

c.80

developers funded to date

c.1,400

properties developed with our funding since inception

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*stats accurate as of August 2022.

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Meet the team

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