Hampshire Trust increases minimum loan to £200k

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In announcing an increase in the minimum loan amount from £100k to £200k, Hampshire Trust remarked ‘We continue to expand and diversify our products and proposition and are the lender you can rely on for genuinely specialist funding solutions. As a reminder, we currently lend on complex requirements including portfolio landlords, holiday lets, HMOs, semi-commercial, serviced accommodation, sitting tenants, new build flats and purpose-built student accommodation. We also lend to foreign nationals, expats as well as trust and offshore borrowers’. ibmco welcomes enquiries in these specialised fields as well as more straightforward residential and Buy to Let mortgages.

5 year fix with 3 year tie-ins – is this a new trend?

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The flexibility for Buy to Let mortgage borrowers of being able to fix an interest rate for 5 years whilst only having early repayment penalties for 3 years is to be welcomed. But does the fact that 3 lenders now offer such products suggest this may be more than a passing marketing ploy? Precise Mortgages, The Mortgage Lender and Foundation Homeloans all have 5 year fixes with 3 year tie-ins including products for individuals and limited companies, and products for standard, HMO and multi-unit properties. Enquiries welcomed.

One Savings Bank and Chartercourt Financial to merge

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One Savings Bank Group and Chartercourt Financial Group have agreed to a merger it has been announced. The transaction now requires approvals by shareholders and regulators before it becomes final. One Savings Bank includes well-known Buy to Let and Residential mortgage lender Kent Reliance as well as Commercial and Semi-commercial lender Interbay, while Chartercourt will be best known for its Precise Mortgages Buy to Let mortgage brand.