Finance · Development exit finance

Create time after completion.
Release capital with control.

Short-term facilities for completed or near-complete schemes, allowing time to sell, stabilise or refinance.

The Wentworth view

Practical completion should open options—not create a new deadline.

Exit finance can repay the development lender, reduce cost, release equity and create time for orderly unit sales.

We assess completion, remaining works, sales evidence, unit mix and likely absorption before structuring the refinance.

This service is limited to unregulated, business-purpose property finance.

Where it can fit

Common uses and situations

01

Repay development debt

Move from a build facility after practical completion.

02

Release equity

Raise capital from completed stock for another project.

03

Extend the sales period

Avoid forced sales solely to meet maturity.

04

Bridge to investment

Stabilise rent before longer-term refinance.

Credit preparation

What we establish before approaching lenders

  1. 01

    Completion

    Practical completion, warranties and remaining works.

  2. 02

    Sales

    Completed, exchanged and reserved units with pricing evidence.

  3. 03

    Valuation

    Gross and net realisation and time-to-sell assumptions.

  4. 04

    Strategy

    Sales, bulk disposal, refinance or a blended exit.

Frequently asked

Straight answers to the first questions.

Talk to Wentworth

Discuss a development exit finance requirement.

Share the asset, the numbers, the timeframe and what the funding needs to achieve. We will come back with a focused initial view.

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