Together has accelerated its growth strategy by expanding its corporate portfolio team with three new appointments. Amanda Meyerhoff and Sam Galt have both joined the property lender as corporate portfolio directors and Harry Boyd has been appointed as a corporate relationship manager. Meyerhoff joined from Allica Bank and has more than 24 years of experience in finance across residential mortgages, corporate and commercial lending, and SME lending. Galt has joined Together after 13 years at Santander, where he supported businesses from SMEs to large corporates and led international banking initiatives. Boyd has also joined from Santander and has more than 16 years of experience across retail, commercial and corporate banking.

Gatehouse Bank has introduced new limited edition home purchase plan (HPP) and buy-to-let (BTL) refinance fee saver products for UK residential who are refinancing from another provider. These are available on a two and five-year fixed term with a minimum finance amount of £200,000 at up to 60% finance-to-value. Rental rates on Gatehouse’s HPP two- and five-year refinance fee saver products from 5.34% and 5.54% respectively, while its two- and five-year BTL products start from 5.69% and 5.89% respectively.

Newcastle for Intermediaries has reduced BTL rates across its intermediary product range by up to 0.24%. The changes apply to the lender’s range of products for new customers, including its two and five-year fixes, and are designed to support landlords and brokers with flexible lending options for their landlord clients. The revised range includes two- and five-year fixed rates available up to 80% LTV for both house purchase and remortgage, and a fee-assisted alternative designed to help manage upfront costs. The wider lending proposition includes no minimum income or maximum age, and a maximum LTV of 80%. Larger loan sizes support lending of up to £500k at 80% LTV, up to £750k at 75% LTV and up to £1m at 70% LTV.

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