Specialist mezzanine finance for Greater London's developers

Development gap funding across London

Across the 51 Greater London towns we monitor, 1,564 residential units are moving through live planning applications, an estimated £615m of gross development value, with 80 percent of decided relevant applications approved over the last 12 months. Battersea recorded 3,390 sales in the last 12 months, while Chelsea carries the county's strongest pricing at a median of £995,000.

That data is not decoration: it is how we underwrite. A mezzanine loan is a view on whether a scheme will sell at the price its appraisal claims, so we track every live application and recorded sale in the towns above before we price a Greater London deal. The same numbers are published openly in our UK development pipeline tracker, where Greater London currently ranks number 6 of 48 counties by pipeline value.

Greater London is made up of the City of London and 32 London boroughs. The River Thames is the defining geographic feature, flowing west to east across the region.

The product itself works the same in Greater London as everywhere we lend: your senior lender keeps first charge and funds the majority of cost, our mezzanine finance takes a second charge over the next slice, and your equity requirement falls, typically from 35 percent of cost to 5 or 10. Terms run 6 to 36 months with pricing indicatively from 12 percent a year, and a complete enquiry gets a term sheet inside 48 hours. Model your own scheme with the leverage calculator.

Greater London's development pipeline, measured

Monitored towns only; data refreshed 5 July 2026 from HM Land Registry and local planning authority records.

Where we lend in the London region

Croydon

1,169 units sit in Croydon's live planning applications, an estimated £420m of GDV. The median sold price over the last 12 months is £417,000 (up 3% year on year), across 3,279 recorded sales. Schemes here are underwritten against that evidence, not against optimism.

Brixton

198 units sit in Brixton's live planning applications, an estimated £100m of GDV. The median sold price over the last 12 months is £525,000 (down 4.5% year on year), across 2,644 recorded sales. Schemes here are underwritten against that evidence, not against optimism.

Ealing

160 units sit in Ealing's live planning applications, an estimated £78.9m of GDV. The median sold price over the last 12 months is £510,000 (down 1% year on year), across 2,173 recorded sales. Schemes here are underwritten against that evidence, not against optimism.

Woolwich

21 units sit in Woolwich's live planning applications, an estimated £9.2m of GDV. The median sold price over the last 12 months is £450,000 (up 0.6% year on year), across 1,936 recorded sales. Schemes here are underwritten against that evidence, not against optimism.

Stratford

16 units sit in Stratford's live planning applications, an estimated £6.5m of GDV. The median sold price over the last 12 months is £435,000 (down 1.1% year on year), across 1,581 recorded sales. Schemes here are underwritten against that evidence, not against optimism.