Gatehouse Bank has launched a new tier of buy-to-let and Home Purchase Plan (HPP) products.

The new tier, for finance of £500,000 and over, will come with rates 0.20 percentage points lower than the equivalent products for smaller amounts.

For example, a two-year HPP product for UK residents at 65% FTV will carry a rate of 3.64% if the finance amount is below £500,000, and 3.44% if £500,000 or more.

Meanwhile, rates have been reduced across all of Gatehouse’s existing HPP and buy-to-let products for UK residents, UK expats and international residents. For buy-to-let, this applies whether buying as an individual or through a corporate entity.

John Mace, product manager for home finance at Gatehouse Bank, said: “We are always trying to find ways to expand and improve our range, and the changes we have made ensures our offering is even more accessible and competitive.”

“UK expats, who often find it difficult to access finance, will particularly benefit from our lower rental rates, in addition to our manual underwriting process, which means that we treat every customer on an individual basis.”

Gatehouse now has two tiers of buy-to-let and HPP products. The first is for finance amounts between £150,000 and £499,999, with rates starting from 3.64% for a two-year HPP deal at 65% FTV and 3.64% for UK landlords.

Meanwhile, rates start at 3.44% for a two-year fixed HPP product with 65% FTV in its new £500,000 to £2.5million range. buy-to-let products over the same term also start at 3.44% with a maximum finance amount of £5m.

Its five-year fixed buy-to-let products at 80% FTV for UK expats and international residents have fallen by 0.25 percentage points to 4.34% and by 0.35 percentage points to 4.74%, respectively.

A UK expat buy-to-let customer requiring finance of over £500K and 80% FTV fixed for two years will now be offered rates 0.45% lower than previously at 3.94%. An international buy-to-let customer wanting the same finance amount and FTV will now save 0.55% over two or five years at rates of 4.34% and 4.54% respectively.

UK expat HMO or MUFB customers requiring over £500K of finance will now be offered rates 0.45-0.55 percentage points lower than previously.

HPP and buy-to-let rates for UK customers, both individuals and corporate entities, have fallen by 0.10 percentage points across its two and five-year products, at both 65% and 80% FTV.