Fleet Mortgages has launched three new 65% LTV two-year fixed rate products which are all available on its standard borrower range. The products come with £1,000 cashback, no application fee and a free valuation on properties up to £500,000. Fleet has stated that there are three different options with three different fee structures. This includes a 3% fee mortgage at 3.49%, a zero-fee mortgage at 5.09% and a fixed £1,999 fee mortgage at 4.54%

United Trust Bank (UTB) has made two new appointments to its property development division. Keeley Hawkes has joined the firm as a manager, supporting the bank’s senior director for property development, Daniel Carlisle. She has worked in real estate and construction roles at RBS, NatWest, Assured Property Finance and Aitch Group, and in her new role, she will work with housebuilders and developers across London and the South East. Abigail Argue has also been appointed as a manager, supporting UTB's director for property development, Luke Benton. She brings over two decades of banking and real estate finance experience to the role, which includes 17 years at Close Brothers Property Finance, In her new role, Argue will work on supporting housebuilders across the South East of England.

Hinckley & Rugby for Intermediaries has announced that its residential mortgage products are now available to the whole of the Scottish market. Brokers in Scotland can now access the society’s full range of residential mortgage products, including income flex, credit flex, core and more. Hinckley & Rugby said that the move is part of its growth strategy to broaden broker choice and increase access to manually underwritten lending. There are no changes to product criteria, meaning that Scottish borrowers will continue to benefit from the same lending proposition available across England and Wales.

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