As optimism seeps into our market, we believe now is a good time to take a look at the big picture, to see how the sector has performed recently, and pinpoint the challenges that still remain—all to prepare for a more positive year ahead.
For The Big Picture Issue, we sit down with MSP Capital’s head of broker relations, and Tapton Capital’s founding director, to find out whether optimism has indeed returned to the specialist finance market. We also look at the potential ramifications of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill on the commercial market, and we pass the mic to several property lawyers to dispel some of the myths surrounding the infamous legal delays.
Of course, this wouldn’t be The Big Picture Issue without an exclusive look at the latest EY UK Bridging Market Survey. We’ve put our detective hats on to investigate the sector’s performance over the past 12 months, identify what influenced this, and reveal the sentiment for the market in 2024.