MORTGAGE & CONVEYANCING news Mortgage update BUY TO LET
BTL mortgage at 4.4 per cent
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eeds Building Society has launched a two-year discount Buy to Let deal at 4.44 per cent, available up to 70 per cent LTV. This flat-fee product also allows 10 capital repayments each year,
without penalty. There is a £199 booking fee and an £800
completion fee. Tapered early repayment charges of three per cent of the amount redeemed are levied in year one, two per cent in year two. “This buy to let option has been specifically designed to offer landlords greater choice and flexibility. It has no higher lending charge and 10 per cent capital repayments are allowed each year without penalty,” said Kim Rebecchi, Leeds Building Society’s Sales and Marketing Director.
www.leedsbuildingsociety.co.uk
Cutting-edge mortgage tools ONLINE TOOLS
roperty and mortgage market website, Obligo, has launched a new content tool for agents, Obligo Mortgage
Partners, which will boost their sites’ stickiness, drive sales and help differentiate themselves from the competition. It is a free service that provides agents’
websites with fresh mortgage content and tools, from state-of-the-art mortgage calculators and glossaries to sleek New Mortgage Enquiry forms and first time buyer guides – all designed to keep visitors on the agent’s site for longer and to increase sales. It also provides agents’ clients with a full mortgage fulfilment service. Obligo Mortgage Partners is already
being used by a number of agents including Cardiff-based agency, Fortis Properties, Stuart McDowall-Robertson, MD, Fortis Properties, commented: “It’s important to be able to offer prospective buyers all the mortgage information and expertise they need when they come to your site. By empowering our customers we are helping ourselves and boosting our ability to make sales. Since we started using Obligo Mortgage Partners, people spend more
LENDERS
Paradigm add Aldermore to panel
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time on our site and have commented on the usefulness of the tools. The fact that they are free and effortlessly integrated makes it better still.” Chris Gardner, Director at Obligo, added: “These days, content is king and the most successful agency websites are the ones that offer the most useful tools and material for prospective buyers.”
www.obligo.com
aradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage partnership proposition, has added Aldermore to its own
lender panel for directly authorised (DA) firms plus that of Paradigm Financial Advisers (PFA), the network service for appointed representatives (AR). Firms can access the product range by
registering through the Paradigm websites. Aldermore’s offering includes house
purchase loans up to 80 per cent LTV and Buy-to-let mortgages up to 75 per cent LTV for up to three properties. John Coffield, Head of Paradigm
Mortgage Services, commented: “The addition of Aldermore to both
lender panels means our DA and AR member firms are now able to access one of the newest and most flexible providers in the marketplace. “What impresses us most about
Aldermore and its range is the commitment to help those credit-worthy borrowers who are being turned away by the high-street lending community”.
www.paradigmmortgages.com
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