UK Property & Short-Term Finance Insights
Conor McDermott, director of SME lending at LHV Bank, explains how two borrowers might be looking at very similar buildings, but if one has a clear strategy to improve the asset and the other doesn’t, they’re no longer asking a lender to support the same opportunity.
Atom bank has improved affordability on its prime and near prime product ranges by increasing its loan-to-income (LTI) on loans up to 90% loan-to-value (LTV). The increase is designed to help borrowers with household incomes between £45,000 to £60,000, with the increase in LTI enabling…
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Gen H has made three promotions to its senior team and announced the departure of its chief commercial officer Pete Dockar. Sara Palmer will become chief distribution officer, Richard Leivers chief lending officer and Andrew Mackie chief financial officer. Dockar is leaving at the end…
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Barclays will launch a Fast-Track Remortgage service on 7 September with the aim of making remortgaging “faster and more straightforward”. To use the service there must be up to two existing borrowers, borrowing up to 80% of the property’s value with no additional borrowing. The…
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Parents whose grown-up children have moved back to the family home could be paying an extra £17bn a year in living costs if they do not seek a contribution to rent or bills, Key Equity Release has found. New research by the later-life mortgage adviser…
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Hanley Economic Building Society has launched two five-year shared ownership mortgage products for foreign nationals living and working in the UK, with no minimum UK residency period. The new range consists of a five-year variable discount mortgage with an initial rate of 5.85%, representing a…
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Evolve Lending Group has joined the Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA) as a lender member. Evolve Lending Group is an independent, privately-funded secured lender operating in an exclusive joint venture partnership with Empowered Pensions Group. Evolve provides standalone first-charge bridging over £750,000, as well…
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Stamp duty is deterring millions of people from moving home and weighing heavily on housing transactions, according to research from Yorkshire Building Society. Reducing barriers to moving and restoring the number of housing transactions back to historic highs could boost the economy by £66bn over…
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Pepper Money has reduced rates across its residential and buy-to-let (BTL)ranges. The latest changes include lower rates across Pepper Money’s BTL range for both personal and limited company landlords, as well as reductions across residential two-year fixed products up to 75% LTV. Selected five-year fixed…
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Hampshire Trust Bank has promoted Athens Piponides to lending manager within its development finance team. Piponides took up the role yesterday after an internal recruitment process. Prior to the promotion, he spent more than two years as a relationship manager at HTB. In his new…
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