Offa’s Significant Criteria Enhancements!

Offa have made some impactful and significant enhancements to our criteria:

 Key Changes:

 First Time Buyers Allowed

  • Stress Rates Simplified:
    • Applicable stress rates:
      • <5 years = Pay rate plus 1%
      • 5 years of more = Pay rate

 Overall Portfolio stressed at the average of current 5-year Fixed rate products (currently 6.6%)

  • Age
    • Minimum at time of application: 18
    • Maximum age at end of finance term: None, provided finance proposition is self-sufficient, and retirement income is sufficient to meet min income requirements
  • Minimum Income reduced: At least one customer per application must have a minimum of £18,000 gross annual income
  • Malaysia and Hong Kong to the allowable countries list for British Expats

 Full Enhancements:

 

Saalik Haleem

Senior Intermediary and Product Manager

t: +44 (0) 7886 824583

e: saalik.haleem@offa.co.uk

w: www.offa.co.uk