Development Ready Podcast

This week on the Development Ready podcast, we have Finance Expert and Partner at Varna Capital, Simon Howlett. We speak to Simon about his journey into the finance industry and discuss topics such as:    How to evaluate and assess risk in a development project    Why establishing strong relationships with lending partners is so important   How great teams make great projects    What really matters to a lender when assessing an opportunity, plus much more. Remember as always to like and follow us on Facebook and Instagram to see who we have on next week’s episode.   Show notes 01:33 - Introduction 02:20 - Background, who he is and who Varna Capital is 03:41 - How deals are made and referral partners 06:50 - Length of process 08:01 - Lender’s expectations and processes 09:37 - Deals involving multiple referrers 11:49 - Current state of the market and lending from banks 15:48 - Banks criteria and what Varna’s future looks like 19:25 - Private lenders and establishing new work relationships 22:15 - De-risking