Ferguson joins West One Loans for first charge BTL launch

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West One Loans has unveiled a range of first charge buy-to-let mortgage products.

The range includes both standard and specialist products that are initially available through a select number of launch partners including Enterprise Finance, Vantage Finance, Brightstar, Dynamo and Connect for Intermediaries. It says it will broaden distribution in the near future.

The standard range are available to both individual and limited company borrowers secured against standard property types, whilst the specialist range caters for HMOs, MUFBs, expats, holiday lets and Air BnB properties.

Products on offer include two and five-year fixed term, with rates starting from 3.39%, with a maximum loan to value of 80% and loan sizes up to £2m.

A fast track remortgage option is also available to individual borrowers remortgaging up to a loan size of £750,000.

West One has created a broker portal to support the launch. The IT platform, which has been designed specifically to meet the needs of buy-to-let brokers, will be closely followed by the addition of a broker case hub – enabling intermediaries to benefit from streamlined processes and enhanced communication with West One’s dedicated underwriting team.

The specialist lender also announced that Andrew Ferguson has joined to help the team establish the business. Ferguson joins following senior roles in the buy-to-let mortgage sector at Kent Reliance, Axis Bank – where he set up the buy-to-let lending service – and most recently as commercial director at Foundation Home Loans.

Danny Waters, Enra Group CEO, said: “Our launch into the first charge buy-to-let mortgage market is an exciting new chapter for West One, and is the next step in our growth following the successful launch of development finance last year, and second charge mortgages in 2017.

We are committed to providing a wider reach of specialist lending products to meet the needs of borrowers who would benefit from a common-sense approach to lending. Our extensive experience within the property finance market means we are well positioned to understand the complexities of the market, in addition to focusing on making the process of obtaining a buy-to-let mortgage as painless as possible.

“We’re very pleased to bring Andrew on board, he has a track record of building lending business in the buy-to-let sector, and his wealth of knowledge and experience will be an asset as we look to establish West One Loans in the market.”

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