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PFP issues £315m unsecured wholesale and retail bonds
Places For People has significantly expanded its Euro Medium Term Note programme with a £175 million wholesale bond issue and a £140 million retail bond issue, both of ... read more
THFC taps Funding No 2 for £31m at 105bps
The Housing Finance Corporation has tapped its Funding No 2 issue for a fresh £31 million read more
Now is the time to act for registered providers considering seeking new finance
Relevant factors include imminent Bank of England base rate rises and increased sterling bond issuance from corporations and councils read more
THFC breaks 100bp barrier with 0.99%, £77m bond tap
The Housing Finance Corporation has broken the capital markets' 100-basis point barrier with its latest group bond issuance read more
Is unsecured issuance the future for housing associations seeking new finance?
Security now imposes a major cost on HARPs: it is expensive, inflexible and time-consuming to manage. Unsecured issuance offers flexible access to debt read more
Peabody hits 100bp mark with £150m issuance
Peabody has issued a £150 million bond at an all-in rate of 5.322 per cent, and a margin of 100 basis points over the gilt read more
Bond margins rise as THFC taps Funding No 2 for £31 million
Kate Allen, Social Housing magazine
The Housing Finance Corporation has tapped its Funding No 2 issue for a fresh £31 million, priced at 105 basis points above the gilt. THFC broke the 100bp barrier in January ... read more
Regulator warns of bond market ratings threat
A number of significant business threats face the social housing sector, according to the TSA read more
The lending market in 2010: £2.8bn bank deals and £996m bond issuance
Banks lending to the social housing sector did at least £2.8 billion of new business in 2010, taking the total facilities available to the sector to £63 billion read more
Lenders warn of multitude of threats to current benign funding environment
Major housing lenders have warned landlords that they face a turbulent funding future read more
Peabody issues £200m bond at 100-basis-point margin
Kate Allen, Social Housing magazine
Peabody has issued a £200 million bond at an all-in rate of 5.322 per cent, and a margin of 100 basis points over the gilt. Barclays Capital and Santander were joint ... read more
Sanctuary drives down margins with 100bp issue
Sanctuary HG has tapped its 2039 bond for £120 million at a margin of 100 basis points over the gilt read more
