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When some lockdown restrictions were lifted, we raised LTVs across our product range to help our clients get straight back into the market, with more flexibility to get their next project started. Since then we have seen lots of interest in our 75% LTV Buy-to-Let mortgages, for both refinancing and purchasing new properties.  Here are...

Client: An experienced property renovator Request: Residential bridging loan to purchase a bungalow for the purpose of refurbishment or replacing with three units Loan total: £210,000 LTV: 75% —————– An experienced property renovator approached us for terms on a project they were looking to start in Stalybridge, less than 10 miles out from Greater Manchester....

Since the Covid-19 outbreak hit the UK and it began to impact the property market we have been highlighting the relative security Development Exit finance offers to developers looking to ride out market uncertainty. We’ve found that Development Exit offers our borrowers low-cost finance with rolled interest which helps give them time to face the...

At LendInvest the use of Open Banking is only one of the ways that we speed up our Buy-to-Let loan application process, and ensure credit risk is minimised. We sat down with one of our experienced Underwriters to break down what it is, how it works for us and how it improves our customer experience....

Open Banking is a technology we have embraced as part of our Buy-to-Let mortgage applications.  It reduces the need for paperwork as part of the underwriting process, giving our underwriters secure access to a dashboard of the essential financial information they need to fully assess a deal.  The information required for us to complete the...

As lockdown restrictions have begun to loosen and more activity returns to the market we have decided to refresh our bridging finance range. At the start of the crisis we decided to limit our risk by reducing our max LTVs across our product range.  Lending throughout the crisis has given us valuable insight on what...

LendInvest is proud to have chosen Crohn’s & Colitis UK as its Charity of the Year partner for 2020. Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis are the two most prevalent forms of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). These are lifelong diseases of the gut, caused by the immune system not working properly; they are painful, debilitating and...

Bridging finance is useful to many because of its flexibility. In times where activity is expected to slow down, we are seeing plenty of interest from our clients who are pressing on with their property projects.  Here is how we have been supporting them with these recent bridging finance deals:  ——— Location: Islington Refinance and...

As valuers began visiting residential properties again after nearly two months of lockdown, we took the opportunity to refresh our Buy-to-Let product range.  While we kept lending throughout lockdown, enabling brokers and their clients to queue their cases for when valuers returned, we’ve had to be flexible to where the market was at. This has...

Mental Health Awareness Week is an important week for us as a business, one that we have always supported, and even more so during these challenging and uncertain times.  There’s always been a stigma attached to mental health and speaking openly about it. Many people don’t feel comfortable talking about the way that they feel....