GB Bank has joined the Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA) as a lender member.
The UK challenger bank provides retail savings, property-backed lending and specialist funding lines, working with intermediaries, professional investors, entrepreneurs, businesses and non-bank lenders.
Its property-backed lending proposition includes bridging and buy-to-let finance, with a focus on complex, time-sensitive and higher-value cases.
The BDLA said it now has 55 lender members, with a collective loan book of more than £13 billion. Its total membership, including associate firms, has passed 100 organisations.
Adam Tyler, chief executive officer of the BDLA, says: “We are very pleased to welcome GB Bank to the BDLA as a Lender Member. 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 officer at GB Bank, adds: “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.”
