GB Bank has cut rates on its 65% LTV buy-to-let (BTL) core range by an additional 0.30% across its two-, three- and five-year fixed products.

The refreshed range now includes two-year fixes at 4.39% with a 5% fee or 5.39% with a 3% fee, while three-year fixes start from 4.77% or 5.77% and five-year rates are available from 5.53% or 6.13%. Rates at 75% LTV remain unchanged.

The rate cuts also apply to GB Bank’s 65% LTV proposition, which is priced on a case-by-case basis for loans greater than £3m.

District & County Investments has appointed Ben Lavelle as its new North West business development manager (BDM).

Prior to joining the bridging and development finance lender, he spent over three years at Hope Capital as a business development executive and started his career at Barclays, where he spent nearly seven years in intermediary sales.

Landbay has launched new premier remortgage AVM two-year fixed rate products, alongside rate reductions across its premier range.

The new products are available up to 75% LTV and comprise four two-year fixed rate options, offering zero, 1%, 3% and 5% fee structures and are available from 3.34% with a 5% fee.

The BTL lender said that in opting for an AVM product and by removing the need for a physical valuation, the products could help landlords borrowers secure offers three times faster than standard products.

Furthermore, Landbay has reduced selected premier small HMO five-year fixed products by five bps, including product transfer options, starting from 4.79% with a 5% fee and 5.59% with a 1% fee.

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network (TRM) has appointed Rebecca Egerton as head of The Right Academy.

The academy provides firms with a structured route in order to bring new adviser into the profession. It includes induction training, development, supervision, masterclasses and ongoing training towards Competent Adviser Status (CAS).

In her new role, Egerton will oversee, run and develop The Right Academy, and will be responsible for the co-ordination of the training and development programme for non-CAS advisers within the network. She previously served as supervision and development manager after joining TRM in October 2022.

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