Aldermore says it has provided more than £2 billion worth of residential mortgage funding to customers since first opening its doors for business in the summer of 2009.

The bank recently celebrated its fifth birthday and also announced its entry into the short term finance market to further expand its product range.

Charles Haresnape (pictured), managing directo, residential and commercial mortgages at Aldermore, said: “We are delighted to have reached the £2 billion milestone, exactly two years after we reached £1 billion of mortgage lending. This is testament to the fact that customers are looking for banks that do things differently and are coming to us because we are providing just that.

“We are seeing a lot of customers take up our Help to Buy proposition which we launched in December and there is no doubt this has played an important part in us reaching these lending volumes.

“We are also supporting both landlords and property developers through our buy-to-let and development finance propositions. This is not only increasing supply in the housing market, but is supporting SME landlords and helping the British economy grow.”