
Specialist BTL delivers higher margins and lower risk, finds Finova
Among lenders offering specialist BTL, 22% said holiday lets delivered the highest margins, with limited company BTL and HMOs both at 20%.

Among lenders offering specialist BTL, 22% said holiday lets delivered the highest margins, with limited company BTL and HMOs both at 20%.

Delivered via Finova Lending, the solution allows banks, building societies, and specialist lenders to enter or scale into the specialist BTL market in as little as four months.

In its new business buy-to-let (BTL) range, a number of 2- and 5-year deals between 55% loan-to-value (LTV) and 75% will see rate increases.

Peter Grange has 25 years’ experience working for financial services firms.

The new 2-year fixed-rate products were designed for those landlord borrowers who require no additional borrowing.

The new tracker product is available at a variable rate of 6.75% (Bank Base Rate (BBR) + 1.50%) for three years, and can be accessed on a capital-and-interest, or an interest-only basis.

The lender’s new range, called W3, contains a 6.84% 5-year fix with a 4.99% fee and a 7.29% 5-year fix with a 2.5% fee, both up to 65% LTV.

Available to individuals, portfolio landlords and limited companies, Foundation is able to lend against up to four individual properties or units on one freehold title.

Effected from today, the changes include a discount of 0.15% on the commercial lender’s holiday lets and housing of multiple occupation (HMO) products.

The House Flip Bridge and Landlord Refurb Bridge are available at 85% LTV.

Provide processed £40m of applications and has seen a 50% increase in the number of brokers using the platform in the past six months.

Mark Whitear, director of commercial development at Foundation Home Loans speaks to The Intermediary about how specialist lending serves the needs of non-vanilla customers, the challenges faced in a rising-rate environment and how the firm mantains strong service levels
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