Gen H enhances LTI limits 

Mortgage lender Gen H has implemented a series of changes to its LTI limits, designed to enable more buyers to borrow more.

Self-employed applicants can now borrow up to 5.5 times their income, loans over 85% LTV will no longer be limited to 4.49 times applicant income, and the threshold for the gross income-based 4.49x LTI cap will be reduced from £50,000 to £40,000.

Gen H says the changes will allow it to provide funding to up to 12% more customers, with maximum loan amounts increasing by as much as 22%.

Pete Dockar, chief commercial officer at Gen H, said: “I’m delighted to announce these positive changes to our loan-to-income multiples policy today. Increasing our LTI limits for self-employed applicants, those with small deposits, and those on average household incomes will allow us to support exactly the people we wish to reach: those who, without Gen H, may not have found a path to homeownership. 

"These buyers are often underserved by existing mortgage products and the high street, so I hope the implementation of these new rules makes our stance very clear: we’ll take every chance we get to create more incremental homeowners.”