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How hard is it to get a mortgage?

How hard is it to get a mortgage?

June 1, 2023

By Esther Morley – Managing Director, Specialist Residential When it comes to buying a home, everyone accepts it’s stressful for your customers, but just how stressful is it, and how much is that stress magnified when homebuyers are self-employed, have complex income streams and a history of adverse? We surveyed 1,000 people across the UK...

How investing in property can have environmental and social impact

How investing in property can have environmental and social impact

May 31, 2023

Having committed to delivering net zero carbon emissions across the UK by 2050, the British government has set itself an ambitious target. In December 2020, the climate change committee advised the government that to reach this target, massive change in the way UK homes are utilising energy is needed. The need to improve the energy...

My LendInvest Journey… with Ruby Harvey

My LendInvest Journey… with Ruby Harvey

May 26, 2023

As a new feature on the blog, we are looking at a few of the journeys that people have taken throughout their careers at LendInvest. Internal progression is something that we are really proud of, with individuals often moving upwards and across into different departments as LendInvest evolves as a business. This week we are...

Travel Diaries – a debrief of our latest trip to Singapore

Travel Diaries – a debrief of our latest trip to Singapore

May 23, 2023

By Harry Hall, Director of Fundraising and Sam Woodward, Investor Relations and Fundraising Manager Sam and I work within the Funds team, the asset management unit within LendInvest. Our role is to raise capital for the funds business from investors around the globe. These can include pension schemes, insurers, private wealth managers and fund of...

Learning at LendInvest

Learning at LendInvest

May 19, 2023

by Emma Kelson, Learning & Development Manager This week is learning at work week so there’s nothing more fitting than sharing the importance of learning and development at LendInvest. Over the last few years we have built a strong learning culture across the business by celebrating successes, sharing knowledge, introducing new learning technologies and opening...

Behind the Scenes: 10 Questions with … Shayo Bakare

Behind the Scenes: 10 Questions with … Shayo Bakare

May 16, 2023

This is the third post in our Behind the Scenes series, learning more about the people at LendInvest beyond their roles. Today’s piece is featuring Shayo Bakare, Product Team Leader. Shayo joined LendInvest 2 and a half years ago and has progressed from Senior Business Analyst to Product Team Leader.We asked Shayo 10 questions to...

Tech Meetup Glasgow – What’s it all about?

Tech Meetup Glasgow – What’s it all about?

May 15, 2023

Tech Meetup is an event for everyone in the tech community in and around Glasgow, welcoming everyone from experienced developers to students or those starting out their careers. LendInvest have been sponsoring this event since January 2023 as part of our efforts to support the thriving tech community in Glasgow and grow our presence in...

Green shoots in Buy-to-Let 

Green shoots in Buy-to-Let 

May 12, 2023

To explore our Buy-to-Let products, contact the team and get instant quotes, please visit our Buy-to-Let page By Jason James, Corporate Account Manager at LendInvest Noise around the Buy-to-Let market is at an all time high. Landlords are facing considerable challenges, with higher mortgage rates, forward planning for the Government’s revised Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards...

Lenders need to be equipped with greater flexibility for adverse credit

Lenders need to be equipped with greater flexibility for adverse credit

May 9, 2023

See our full residential mortgage range for more details.  By Sophie Mitchell-Charman, Commercial Director Despite the very well-publicised challenges in the economy – inflation, mortgage rate increases, wage stagnation – buyers are still looking to buy their next home.  There are many reasons for this – all interesting but all far too nuanced for a...

How can regulated bridging be more than just a short-term solution? 

How can regulated bridging be more than just a short-term solution? 

May 9, 2023

To see more about our regulated bridging products, visit our bridging page. By Victoria Barnard, Business Development Manager  1 in 5. Doesn’t all content sound more dramatic when you open it with a statistic and a full stop? But this is both a dramatic and important stat, because it’s the number of gross weekly house...