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.

TSB Update

See the latest announcement from TSB below.  Note that you can access TSB via the Brilliant Solutions mortgage club but the lender does place some restrictions on access. Contact us for details.  

TSB Mortgage Product Guides are available here but check the date to ensure it has been updated to reflect the announcements below.

IMPORTANT NEWS FROM TSB: Changes to lending into retirement criteria

TSB is helping more homebuyers spread the cost of their mortgage with its updated lending into retirement criteria.

If an applicant has more than 10 years until retirement:

  • TSB can now lend to age 75 without proof of anticipated pension income.
  • Applicants only need to evidence contributions to a private pension.

If an applicant has less than 10 years until retirement (or age 70, whichever is lower):

  • A pension forecast will be required to support affordability.

Brokers will be advised of the changes on Monday 16 October at 10.30am.

IMPORTANT NEWS FROM TSB: Product changes – 20 October

On Friday 20 October, TSB is making significant reductions to its 2 and 3 Year Fixed Residential, Product Transfer and Additional Borrowing rates by up to 0.50%. This includes the launch of a new 3 Year Fixed Rate at 4.99%, available to First Time Buyers and Home Movers. Providing stability of payments in the short to medium term.

And for borrowers with smaller deposits, all House Purchase products above 85% Loan to Value also benefit from £500 cashback, helping with the cost of moving.

Residential

Reducing rates on:

  • 2 Year Fixed House Purchase and Remortgage, by up to 0.50%
  • 3 Year Fixed House Purchase, by up to 0.30%
  • 3 Year Fixed Remortgage 0-75% LTV, by 0.30%

Product Transfer

Reducing rates on:

  • Residential 2 Year Fixed, by up to 0.50%
  • Residential 3 Year Fixed 0-80% LTV, by up to 0.45%

Additional Borrowing

Reducing rates on:

  • Residential 2 Year Fixed, by up to 0.50%
  • Residential 3 Year Fixed, by up to 0.45%
TSB is also updating its lending criteria.

From today, 19 October, TSB is making the following changes to its lending criteria:

  • TSB no longer require SEISS grants to be deducted or validated for self employed applicants.
  • TSB now accepts Scottish Child Payments (SCP) as a form of other income.

Brokers will be advised of these changes on Thursday 19 October at 10:30am and asked to submit applications by midnight on Thursday 19 October, as they won’t be available after this time.

 

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