Supporting Portfolio Landlords with Increased BTL Exposure Limits and Reduced Admin

We’re continuing to enhance our Buy to Let proposition to make it even easier for brokers to support portfolio landlords. What’s Changed? Higher Exposure Limits We’ll now accept up to 10 Buy to Let loans and £3 million exposure per applicant. Simpler Portfolio Information Requirements We no longer need background portfolio information Supporting a Growing […]

When Other Lenders Say No, Speak to Foundation

Holiday Lets. Short-Term Lets. Specialist Solutions. The alternative rental market continues to create opportunities for landlords, but increasingly restrictive criteria can make Holiday Let and Short-Term Let cases harder to place. Whether your client is investing through an SPV, purchasing in a staycation hotspot, or looking for greater affordability flexibility, Foundation offers specialist lending solutions […]

Mortgage Market Outlook Webinar on Wednesday

Join Skipton’s experts Jonathan Evans, Ed Cowan, and Jen Lloyd as they explore the key trends shaping the mortgage market, what they mean for brokers and borrowers, and where the opportunities lie in the months ahead.  12 August 2026 at 11am. Our Experts:  Jonathan Evans – Senior National Accounts Lead Jonathan has over 20 years’ […]

A simpler way to refurbish

Do you have a client that wants to refurbish a property? That usually means sourcing short-term bridging finance and then once the work has been completed, exiting onto long-term finance. But there is a simpler way. Refurbishment Buy-to-Let range: A buy-to-let mortgage for landlords carrying out light, non-structural refurbishment works, enabling property purchase or remortgage alongside […]

Up to 75% Loan to Value for 100% residential properties

We’ve now improved the Loan to Value on our Real Estate Ready Loan to support straightforward residential investment deals, helping more client scenarios while maintaining the simple and efficient journey you might already be familiar with. For qualifying cases, we will be able to support: up to 75% LTV for 100% residential investment properties. loan […]

The Family-Assist Podcast Series

All three parts of our new family-assist podcast series with Mortgage Solutions are now available to watch. Samantha Partington at Mortgage Solutions, is joined by BDMs Neil Cadwallader and Arif Kara to explore the challenges facing today’s homebuyers and the solutions helping more people onto the property ladder. Across the three episodes, they discuss how […]

Vacant BTL properties can still be considered

A tenant has moved out? The property is empty? The landlord wants to refresh it before putting it back on the rental market? No problem — we can still consider a second charge BTL term mortgage on a vacant BTL property. What can we consider? Light works only Affordability is based on rental figure stated […]

Portfolio Case to Submit? Here’s What We Need

Bought at Auction. Refinanced in 4 Days. One Loan | One Direct Debit | One Underwrite Three BTL purchases. One foreign national investor. A fast move to long-term finance. We delivered: Bridging completed in 14 days Portfolio refinance completed in 4 days One loan across three properties Projected rental income considered Foreign national accepted First […]

Navigating Customer Vulnerability Webinar

In today’s world, many customers are facing financial pressures, changing circumstances and personal challenges that can make accessing financial services difficult. Vulnerability remains a key focus across our industry, and brokers play a vital role in recognising when customers may need additional support. Join Siobhan Moran, Corporate Account Manager, and Ashley Dewhurst, Intermediary Risk Manager, […]

New AI Packaging Agent

We wanted to share some good news following the conversation about our new AI Packaging Agent, which we shipped last week.  We have our first example of an offer made in 5 hours from submission – this is incredible for a complex mortgage case, underwritten by a human.  I thought it would be good to share […]