• Housing supply shortage and tighter bank lending requirements mean small-scale property developers are flocking to non-bank alternatives to secure finance for their projects.

Hamilton-based mortgage broking firm Omega Capital has seen demand for non-bank finance from small developers skyrocket in the past two years.

Omega Capital director Scott Massey said growing numbers of people are undertaking small scale developments on blocks of land that they own in populated areas.

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