"The Association continues to grow in both scale and influence, and the addition of another ambitious, solutions-led lender further strengthens our collective voice across the specialist property finance market."
- Adam Tyler - BDLA
GB Bank has joined the Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA) as a lender member, bringing the UK trade body's total membership past 100 organisations.
The challenger bank combines retail savings, bespoke property-backed lending and specialist funding lines. It works with intermediaries, professional investors, entrepreneurs, businesses and non-bank lenders on complex funding requirements, with a focus on the service and flexibility more commonly associated with private banking.
Its property-backed lending includes bridging and buy-to-let finance, with particular emphasis on complex, time-sensitive and higher-value cases.
The BDLA is the only trade association in the UK dedicated to representing bridging and development lenders and their customers. It now counts 55 lender members with a collective loan book exceeding £13 billion.
"We are very pleased to welcome GB Bank to the BDLA as a Lender Member," said Adam Tyler, chief executive of the BDLA. (pictured).
"The Association continues to grow in both scale and influence, and the addition of another ambitious, solutions-led lender further strengthens our collective voice across the specialist property finance market.
"As the trade body for the bridging and development finance sector, the BDLA plays an important role in bringing lenders together, promoting high standards and ensuring the industry is properly represented with regulators, policymakers and wider stakeholders."
"Our lender members are central to that work, and we look forward to working with GB Bank as we continue to support sustainable growth, transparency and professionalism across the market."
Eddie Trahearn, chief executive at GB Bank, said membership was a natural extension of the bank's existing commitments. "We are delighted to join the BDLA as a Lender Member and to become part of an association that plays such an important role in supporting and representing the bridging and development finance sector.
"At GB Bank, we are focused on helping intermediaries, borrowers and lending partners solve complex funding requirements with pace, clarity and a pragmatic approach. We combine the agility of a specialist lender with the mindset of a private bank, supporting everything from bespoke property-backed lending through to warehouse and structured funding facilities for specialist lenders and originators across residential and commercial real estate-backed assets."
"BDLA membership is a natural fit for our commitment to collaboration, high standards and the continued growth of the specialist finance market."
