Fleet Mortgages has cut rates across its two- and five-year 75% LTV fixed products, including EPC A-C options.

From today, the buy-to-let (BTL) specialist lender has reduced rates by 20 bps on its two-year HMO/MUFB products with a 3% fee, which now start from 4.59% on its non-EPC A-C variant and 4.49% for its EPC A-C product.

On its five-year products, rates for standard and limited company borrowers now start from 5.04%, and 4.94% for EPC A-C products. For HMO/MUFB products, rates are available from 5.29%, and 5.19% for EPC A-C products. All five-year fixes come with a 3% fee with a minimum of £750.

Harpenden Building Society has launched an expat proposition across its residential, BTL, limited company and holiday let range.

Fixed and discounted rates start at 5.84% and 5.09% respectively, available up to a 35-year term and a maximum of £2m in borrowing. The Harpenden will accept 80% of employed income across currencies such as Euro, US Dollar and Swiss Franc, as well as 70% of employed income across Canadian and Singapore Dollars and Saudi Riyals.

Project Surveyors has become the latest firm to join the Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA) as an associate member.

The RICS-regulated surveying consultancy provides valuation, building surveying and professional property services across London and the South East.

It works across a range of sectors, including commercial, residential, healthcare, education and development, with services for developers and lenders including independent monitoring surveying, development monitoring, building surveying and quantity surveying.

Together has appointed Lewis Hepworth as its new corporate sales director for Yorkshire.

He brings more than a decade of financial services experience to the role and will be responsible for promoting the lender’s products to professional sector introducers and director customers across a wide geographical area.

Hepworth joins from Handelsbanken, after eight years mostly spent as a corporate manager at Bradford and Halifax.

Chetwood Bank has launched its new wholesale banking division, with the appointment of Alex Groove as director of wholesale banking, Toby Sharp FRICS as director of commercial real estate and Nirvan Sunderam as managing director of wholesale risk.

Through the division, the bank will provide tailored funding solutions to corporate, institutional and specialist lending customers. Its role is to originate, structure and manage larger-scale lending relationships that support the bank’s strategic growth, diversify income and make disciplined use of capital.

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