For the mortgage industry 2021 was a year like no other. House prices rose to all-time highs while interest rates remained near record lows. The stamp duty holiday boosted sales at the same time as many of us decided to renovate rather than relocate. So as we approach the third year of the pandemic, [...]

A second charge mortgage can be a powerful option when it comes to refinancing, they provide access to well-needed funds and release equity that otherwise would remain unused. Not quite sure on how to recognise the opportunity? Want to understand who may be suitable for a second charge? We have created a quick video [...]

The limited company BTL market has been growing rapidly in the past few years, with more landlords setting up companies in 2020 than in any other year. When completing deals under this structure, Andy Virgo, Buy-to-Let Director at LendInvest, explains why experience is the key when choosing your lender. Find out more here. [...]

Get to know how West One can help your clients to finance a HMO: Available for experienced and first-time landlords with no prior buy-to-let experience, providing one applicant owns their main residence. Available for licensed HMOs with up to 10 bedrooms. Available for UK based and expat landlords. Student let and corporate lets accepted. [...]

At Skipton Building Society, we recognise the importance of greening the UK housing market so that we can all play our part in achieving net zero emissions by 2050. Therefore, we’re delighted to announce that today we launch two new Green Additional Borrowing products, which have been created in line with the Green Finance [...]

Big News- we are very excited to announce that we have today extended our 95% LTV product range to the rest of the UK (excluding London, OSE and OME). The product offering is also available on NEW BUILD houses also. 2 year Discount, Rate of 3.09%. Fee only £299 Chorley’s Later life products proving [...]

Supercharging our gym network No joining fee (From 1 January - 28 February 2022) If your employees join PureGym (launching 10 January 2022), Nuffield Health or Virgin Active, they'll pay no joining fee when they take out a membership through Vitality. Selected clubs only. For further information and terms and conditions, please visit each gym partner's website. Coming [...]

Register for our free webinar for tips on supporting employees' physical and mental health If your clients haven’t done so yet, it’s their last chance to register for our free webinar taking place tomorrow, 19 January, ‘Beat the January Blues: Ways to support your employees' mental and physical health.’ Helping employees to take [...]

New Mental Health Benefits From 1 January 2022 we will be enhancing the Mental Health benefits within our Flexible Health Premier, Elite and our Multi-Family plans. Currently available as standard: 24/7 Health & Wellbeing Helplines Six sessions of Structured face-to-face Counselling Two new options from 1 January 2022: Structured Counselling (Extended Therapy): Option to [...]

First Renewal Guarantee available for longer We want to let you know we're extending our First Renewal Guarantee offer and it's now available until 31 March 2022. The offer helps to create richer, sustainable policies and ultimately helps you build more lasting relationships with clients. As a reminder, our First [...]