Sharon Van Loenen

Pepper will be increasing the Lender Base Rate to 4.95% with effect from August 1st 2023. How does this affect Sales I have made or will make?  If your customer has already received a Mortgage Offer from us, then you need do nothing. Where applicable, we will write to the applicants advising them of the pending […]

We have had a busy summer (whilst it was with us) assisting customers with their specialist BTL requirements. We are being used for a variety of reasons but wanted to highlight one of those to you today. Did you know how we treat portfolio landlords:- We don’t stress test the background portfolio We don’t limit

The Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme is on course to exceed its objective of delivering 130,000 new affordable homes, with 126,800 started by the end of March 2023 and a further 5,000 remaining starts to deliver in 2023/2024. Shared Ownership offers the opportunity for more prospective house buyers to get on the property ladder, despite smaller

Please see below a snippet from one of our latest thought leaderships that you may wish to share with your brokers. The rise, fall and rise of the two-year BTL fix: Taking a step back in time for a moment, throughout the mortgage market, the two-year fixed rate product largely reigned supreme. Read the full story

Good news! Our new 5-year fixed rates will be launching on Wednesday 19th July, meaning we’re able to extend the withdrawal notice period by 24 hours. Our current residential 5-year fixed rates will now be withdrawn tomorrow (Tuesday 18th July) at 5:30pm and replaced with new rates on Wednesday 19th July. In exceptional circumstances, we may have to withdraw earlier than planned, but we’ll always let you

Based on your feedback, we’ve revamped our intermediary website. As part of our commitment to improve your experience with Barclays, we have gone live with changes which will make the website easier to navigate, so that you can access the information that you need much quicker and simpler. Feel free to explore the new site,

METRO BANK TALKS… SYSTEM TRANSFORMATION (20 MINUTE WEBINAR) Great news! At 9am on Tuesday 18 July, our enhanced mortgage platform will go live. It has been designed following significant engagement with our intermediary partners and many of the features of the portal have been delivered following direct feedback from yourselves. Join our ‘Metro Bank Talks… System

Please find below a reminder of Metro Bank system transformation that can be shared with your members, advisers, partners and internal teams. To help your advisers plan, we wanted to remind you that our mortgage platform is being enhanced from 5.30pm on Thursday 13 July to 9am on Tuesday 18 July. So what does this

We wanted to inform you that the window of opportunity to apply for our previous rates at Quantum Mortgages has unfortunately closed. However, we have great news to share with you! We are thrilled to introduce our latest offering exclusively for buy-to-let intermediaries: our brand-new product guide. Packed with an array of enticing options, this

Pepper Money is pleased to be introducing the governments First Home Scheme.  This gives first time buyers the chance to purchase a new build property at a significantly discounted rate off of the market value. The scheme is a natural extension of our current Right to Buy and Shared Ownership ranges which helps support hopeful