Blog
16.09.2025
A residential planning loan case study – Streatham, London
The Transaction
In 2020, ASK lent £8.9m to a joint venture between Hadley and Clarion Housing Group to support a major planning-led strategy for the redevelopment of an operating Homebase store on a 2.5-acre site in Streatham, South London.
In the press
08.09.2025
Daniel Austin comments in The Times on the forthcoming budget
The Times’ journalist Imogen Tew writes on the main impacts expected from the forthcoming budget and quotes ASK CEO and Co-founder, Daniel Austin in her article.
Blog
07.09.2025
Mike Ginsberg discusses underwriting hotel assets
The UK hotel sector has seen a strong resurgence post-pandemic, driven by flexible leisure travel, short city breaks, and the evolving needs of corporate commuters. In this video, Mike Ginsberg from ASK Partners breaks down what’s driving continued demand, and how ASK is structuring hotel lending to align with real, cash-generative business models.
News
20.10.2025
ASK lends £78m for prime London residential scheme
ASK has lent Development Capital London £78m to fund the delivery of six substantial, luxury family houses, each with private gardens, on Lansdowne Walk, in central London’s affluent and desirable residential area of Notting Hill.
In the press
01.10.2025
London looks to cut affordable housing quotas to boost development
The Greater London Authority (GLA) is preparing to reduce its affordable housing quotas for developers in a bid to increase housebuilding levels in the capital.
Insights
02.09.2025
The later life living investment conundrum
Later life living risks remaining a missed opportunity: for investors seeking resilient long-term returns, for older generations in need of appropriate housing, and for a country urgently trying to unlock more family homes to ease its deepening housing crisis.
Insights
20.08.2025
Daniel Austin comments on government’s proposal for revisions to stamp duty
Will the HM Treasury’s plan to replace stamp duty with a new property tax be an effective tool to get the housing market moving and generate revenue for the public purse or is it just another wealth tax in disguise?
Stamp duty land tax (SDLT) has long been considered by economists the biggest barrier to moving home, so a revision of the current system is a positive step. The government’s proposal is to charge a tax on the sale of homes above £500k.
