Post Office Money and Bank of Ireland make buy-to-let criteria improvements
Post Office Money and Bank of Ireland for Intermediaries have announced a host of buy-to-let criteria improvements in order to boost lending volumes.
Both mortgage lenders have hiked the maximum loan sizes from £300,000 to £500,000. They have also raised their maximum buy-to-let portfolio limits from £900,000 or three properties, to £1.5 million or five buy-to-let properties.
Aaron Strutt, product manager at Trinity Financial, says: “The lenders are offering competitively priced buy-to-let rates at the moment and there is a huge amount of competition to attract new clients.
“Applicants will need a £25,000 minimum income to qualify and Bank of Ireland’s website says it is taking an average of 14 working days to produce a mortgage offer.”
Bank of Ireland's rental calculation is 125% at a notional rate of 5%. So, if your property generated £2,000 rental income each month, you could potentially borrow up to £384,000.
Post Office Money is an appointed representative of Bank of Ireland UK.
For help to secure a buy-to-let mortgage, call Trinity on 020 7016 0790.