News in brief - 22 November 2024

KSEYE has launched a seasonal special offer, with reduced rates across its bespoke and lite bridging products until the end of the festive period. The bespoke bridging range is now available on lower rates across every LTV banding for residential, mixed-use and commercial properties, with rates at 75% LTV available from 0.99% for the duration of the offer. The lender has also included its lite bridging range in the promotion, with the resi-lite rate of 0.74% now available at a higher LTV of 65% LTV. The mixed use-lite product is also available from 0.99% at 70% LTV.

LiveMore has appointed Mai Fenton to the role of chief marketing officer (CMO). The role was created to strengthen the firm’s strategic position as its continues to develop, following its £208m securitisation in June 2024. Fenton is an experienced CMO who builds and grows large multi-nationals and challenger brands. She joins the mortgage lender for people aged 50 plus from insurtech firm Superscript, where she worked as CMO. She will continue to serve as non-executive director at a number of financial services companies.

Fleet Mortgages has relaunched its range of five-year fixed-rate products for landlord borrowers purchasing or remortgaging a property with an EPC certificate of A-C. Available across its three core product ranges, the standard and limited company products are available up to 75% LTV at 5.04%, while the HMO/MUB product is offered at 5.44%. All EPC A-C products come with a 3% fee, a minimum of £750. Fleet also continues to offer a £1,000 cashback incentive to landlords borrowers who improve the EPC level of their property to a C or above during the course of their initial fixed-rate period.



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