• Despite ongoing Brexit negotiations, 75% of specialist intermediaries expect sales to increase in 2019
• Only 2.5% of professionals in the specialist lending market expect sales to decline this year
• 84% of specialist lending intermediaries feel confident about their company’s prospects over the next 12 months

• We polled specialist intermediaries across the UK to take the pulse of the country's specialist lending market
• Brokers' confidence is high, despite current economic uncertainty
• Sector "shows no signs of slowing", says Masthaven MD Jon Hall

• Specialist bank welcomes significant milestone as it delivers on its growth plans
• Achievement comes less than two years after the launch of Masthaven Bank
• Bank is continuing to strengthen its lending propositions, says MD Jon Hall

LONDON – Masthaven, the UK specialist bank, and Värde Partners, the global alternative investment firm, today announced an agreement for Värde Partners to make a strategic £60 million equity investment in Masthaven. The investment will enable the bank to deliver against its stated ambition to become one of the leading specialist banks in UK residential and SME markets.