INTERNATIONAL
MORTGAGE PLANS

 

 Expat Buy To Let Mortgages

With lenders terms and criteria changing frequently please complete our online mortgage enquiry form. This will enable us to let you know which of the which of the current terms we can obtain for you. UK Bank base rate 0.5% - 01/07/09   3 month LIBOR 1.25%.

Details of the current terms that we can arrange for buy to let mortgages.

July 2009

Special schemes available to expat buyers and UK residents for UK buy to let property and in some cases, foreign nationals, for the purchase, or refinancing, of property, for family use, or commercial letting under the shorthold tenancy act.
Common
Denominators
  • Loan to value usually 70%/80% maximum.
  • New purchases and re-mortgages generally available including capital raising for additional property investment
  • Letting under Shorthold Tenancy Act required - 6 or 12 months. Generally no DSS or multiple tenancies. Ex local authority properties and student lets limited range of lenders.
  • Mosty lenders have imposed restrictions on newly built property
Lender Interest Rate % Max %
 Advance
Lenders Arrangement
Fee £/%
Loan to Foreign National Special Features
BANK OF
SCOTLAND
Base rate + 2.89% 70% 1% NO
Minimum loan £100,000
BM SOLUTIONS 5.40% 3 year fix 60% 2.5% NO Applicant must work for Govt Agency or Multi National Company.
HSBC Foreign currency loan
Libor + 1.25%
 

65% Interest only

above that repayment only

£399

YES

Applicants need to be in salaried employment or professional occupations such as Dr’s, Dentists, Solicitors or Accountants

IPSWICH BUILDING SOCIETY 4.99% 2 year discount 75% £695  
NO

Exclusive product to IMP

 

No redemption penalty at anytime

Houses only including new build

IRISH PERMANENT Temporarily withdrawn 80% 1% SOME 70%

Same rate second asset loans

Loans to offshore companies and trusts.

NATWEST
BANK
Bank rate + 2.79% 60% 1% YES
Expats salary must be paid into a UK bank account
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND INTL

Base plus 2.79%   2 year tracker

65% Repayment only

60% Interest only

1% YES

Minimum loan £100,000. Will lend on new build flats maximum 55% repayment basis and 50% interest only

STROUD AND SWINDON BUILDING SOCIETY

 

Withdrawn no further advances

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Interest only and repayment loans available.

  2. Property restrictions - Ex-Council and properties over commercial premises always a problem. Rental income to cover mortgage by 120/140% for non UK residents/foreign nationals.

  3. Irish Permanent – applicants must have a mortgage ‘history’. Loans available via offshore companies/trusts.

  4. Loans usually portable without incurring early repayment penalties.

  5. All fees quoted are payable to the lender and are usually added to the loan.

  6. International Mortgage Plans (IMP) charge an arrangement fee of .25% subject to a minimum of £250 and a maximum of £500. Our fee is only payable when we have obtained an acceptable mortgage offer from the lender.

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