Landbay, one of the UK’s leading buy-to-let lenders, has joined White Rose’s lender panel. White Rose will now provide its appointed representatives with access to Landbay’s comprehensive range of specialist buy-to-let products at highly competitive rates. White Rose is a commercial network that offers its members, who work with both experienced investors and new landlords […]
A pioneering sustainable developer has secured a £20m finance package to kick-start the next phase of its low-carbon city centre residential scheme. Together, a specialist lender which has a loan book of more than £4.4bN, has agreed the facility with Citu, the innovative developer behind the regeneration of large swathes of Leeds city centre on […]
Mortgage applications for self-employed clients and contractors are the most problematic, according to research by broker forum, cherryplc.co.uk. A survey on the popular broker forum has revealed that 24% of brokers think mortgages for self-employed and contractor clients are the hardest to place, closely followed by clients with adverse credit. Just under one in five […]
United Trust Bank is funding a £30m mixed use residential and commercial development in Bermondsey, South London, by Featherstone Homes which will create 61 new apartments and 1600m2 of flexible ground and first floor commercial space. The development will comprise four new blocks of 5-9 storeys situated close to two mainline train stations within 5 […]
A webinar poll conducted by CHL Mortgages, the intermediary-only specialist buy-to-let lender, suggests that 70% of portfolio landlords expect to remortgage or consolidate loans over the next 12 months. When breaking this down, over half (53%) of broker respondents had one to five portfolio landlord clients who would remortgage or consolidate loans in 2022. Interestingly, […]
The Mayor of the West Midlands, Andy Street, has launched £15bn worth of housing, regeneration, commercial and infrastructure development opportunities to international investors at the MIPIM property conference in Cannes, South of France. MIPIM is the world’s leading real estate event, bringing together over 20,000 property professionals from around the world, including over 4,000 investors, […]
International real estate advisor Savills, on behalf of GPE, has been instructed to market the last three remaining retail units at Hanover, located on Bond Street, a landmark redevelopment above the new Crossrail Station in London. GPE has launched their latest campaign: ‘Step into Mayfair’, which enlivens the remaining retail spaces with distinct fashion-focused installations. […]
Aspen Bridging has completed its first bridge-to-let (BTL) case since introducing the product to the full broker market, a complex £3.635m multi-property residential refinance at 75% LTV in West London. The client required funds to refinancing and upgrade a mix of mix of high-value flats, semi-detached and detached properties with an overall market value of […]
Nearly nine in 10 brokers say they have recommended a lender that they did not initially consider on the basis of affordability. An independent survey conducted amongst more than 400 brokers found 89% of those surveyed said that by assessing affordability at the outset, before using traditional sourcing tools, they ended up using a lender […]
West One Loans has today added a raft of new products to its comprehensive buy-to-let product range. The new products include seven-year fixed payrate products, both standard and specialist, and a new lifetime tracker range, also available for standard and specialist properties. All of the products are available from 65% up to 75% LTV and […]
