A particularly hot topic among the landlord community is holiday lets and the boom in popularity over the last 2 years. If you have a client that has decided to invest in a rental property but can’t decide between a holiday let or a traditional residential buy-to-let, then West One is here to help! Visit [...]

If you haven't been making use of our MPowered platform, it's the perfect time to get started. From the feedback of our brokers, we've made tons of improvements to our platform since we first launched it back in March 2021. Check out some of its key features: ‘Drag and drop’ document upload feature – [...]

Following the decision by the Monetary Policy Committee on 16 June 2022 to increase the Bank of England Base Rate to 1.25%, we’re making some changes. On 7 July 2022, we will increase our Standard Variable Rate to 5.49% and our Buy to Let Variable Rate to 5.69%. What happens with existing customers Customers [...]

In our latest Family Assist case study we helped a young family escape the rental treadmill with support from parents: Couple with child, renting at £645 per month Property purchase: 3 bed terrace at £160k Parents provide £32k equity from their property as security* 2 historic defaults dating back to 2017 Mortgage term 40 [...]

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected rates by up to 0.15% on products up to 85% LTV across its Owner-Occupied range, whilst also reducing selected Buy to Let and Portfolio Landlord rates by up to 0.25% and expanding its Buy to Let and Portfolio Landlord ranges. Highlights include: 3.25% Fixed Rate to 31.12.27 available [...]

To avoid any delays, it is important for your clients to be aware of what happens following their conveyancing instructions. The majority of client instructions via our eConveyancer platform will utilise DigitalMove. This service makes starter packs immediately available and enables clients to complete tasks in less than 30 minutes. Following Instruction • Your [...]

In case you missed it, last week we hosted a webinar, Inflation, Affordability & how it’s impacting the mortgage market. Here’s some of what we discussed: - With predicted further increases to inflation, Robert Sinclair from AMI suggests there will be challenging times ahead for lenders and brokers - The challenges and solutions for [...]

Watch the latest Mortgage Monthly Podcast with L&G Mortgage Club's Sophie Holloman. In this mortgage podcast, we discuss the benefits of L&G Mortgage Club and what it has to offer to advisers. Welcome to this week's Mortgage Update. Please take the time to read through the update as there may be some [...]

Almost 9 in 10 landlords are fully engaged with the Minimum Level of Energy Efficiency’ (MEES) EPC ‘E’ standard, and most are using their savings to pay for the upgrades. A growing number of homeowners and landlords are integrating environmentally friendly and carbon neutral choices into their everyday lives and there is no question [...]

To avoid any delays, it is important for your clients to be aware of what happens following their conveyancing instructions. The majority of client instructions via our eConveyancer platform will utilise DigitalMove. This service makes starter packs immediately available and enables clients to complete tasks in less than 30 minutes. Following Instruction • Your [...]