Paradigm Mortgage Services has added Octopus Real Estate to its lending panel. 

Paradigm member firms will have access to Octopus’ lending solutions, covering residential, buy-to-let, commercial and development funding. 

Octopus Real Estate provides residential and commercial bridging loans, pre-approved auction loans, commercial term loans and buy-to-let mortgages, including specialist products for short-term lets, first-time buyers and foreign nationals. 

It also offers development finance products, including its Greener Homes Alliance formed with Homes England.

Paradigm member firms will also be able to access resources such as lending documentation, loan enquiries, and policy documents.

Octopus Real Estate head of residential lending Steve Matthews says: “We are pleased to announce our new partnership with Paradigm, with our full range of products going live to its member firms. We are looking forward to working closely with the team at Paradigm to add value to our adviser partners and their businesses.”

Paradigm Mortgage Services director of mortgages Richard Howes adds that the company is “very pleased to be bringing Octopus Real Estate on to our lending panel, given its experience in this market and the wide range of funding solutions it deploys, whether bridging, buy-to-let, commercial or development”.