Brilliant Solutions

The office will be closed from 5pm today for staff training, open as normal tomorrow. 

Our office will be closed from 5pm Thursday, 20th October to 9am Friday, 21st October.
If you have any cases or enquiries that this may affect, please contact our team today. We apologise for any inconvenience.

We are currently experiencing some technical issues that are affecting our telephone lines and internet connection.

We hope to resolve this asap. Apologies for the inconvenience.

 

In honour of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II our offices will be closed on Monday 19th September while our staff pay their respects.

The office will re-open at 9am on Tuesday 20th September.

Shawbrook Bank Update

Shawbrook have a market update, please see below.  Contact us to see how you can benefit from our support or contact Shawbrooks Sales Team here.

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Announcement

New product, rate reductions and simplified lending criteria

Behind the scenes, we’ve been working hard to improve and simplify our second charge mortgage offering following feedback from our customers.

Today, we’re delighted to announce a series of improvements that include a new limited-edition product, rate reductions and simplified lending criteria to reaffirm our dedication to providing a competitive offering within this market.

Product changes

For a limited time only, we’ve launched a large loan product that includes rate reductions over 70% LTV.

  • 5 year fixed rate at 4.55%
  • Up to 75% LTV
  • For loans £100,001 to £500k
  • Lender fee £595

In addition to this new product, we’ve also reduced our rates on our Prime plan for 85% LTV cases by up to 55bps. Rates now start at 6.00%.

All these changes, including further details, are now reflected in our product guide.

Criteria changes

Transparency of our criteria has always been important, so this was another area that we have thoroughly reviewed and updated. The key change was simplification to make us as straightforward as possible to do business with.   

Changes include, but are not limited to:

  • We have removed our Buy-to-Let calculator

We now use an average of 70% of the Land and Property income showing on the last 2 years SA302s

  • We no longer need to factor in the Buy-to-Let mortgage payment where our funds are to purchase a Buy-to-Let
  • Co-habiting partners

We can lend to a single applicant if they have a partner living with them

The co-habiting party will need to sign an Occupier Deed of Consent form, which will need to be completed and witnessed by a solicitor or Licensed Conveyancer. They will not be on the application and we will not be using their income

  • Simplified income criteria
  • System enhancements to speed up journey / flight times
  • Reduction in requirements to move cases forward

We’ve also reflected these changes in our new streamlined lending criteria guide.

Pipeline

For cases in the pre-offer stage, we’re happy to move them onto the new lower rates or new limited-edition product, if eligible.

Please take into consideration the higher lender fee on the new limited-edition product.

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