Market Harborough cuts large loan rates by up to 0.60%

Market Harborough Building Society has reduced residential larger loan rates, for cases between £3m and £5m, by up to 0.60%. 

The specialist lender’s variable, and two, three and five-year fixed larger loan rates have dropped by 0.35% at tier one, 0.60% at tier two, and 0.15% at tier three.

Its tiered product structure allows brokers to match clients to the right solution based on case complexity, with the lowest residential larger loan tier including interest-only, complex income, lending into retirement, joint borrower sole proprietor, second homes and simple annexe applications as standard.

The Society’s larger loan rates now start from 5.24% fixed and 5.59% variable for tier one cases, with a fixed product fee of £2,495.

Its standard residential rates for cases up to £3m remain unchanged. 

The specialist lender will also reduce its standard variable rate (SVR) by 0.20% to 7.39% on 1st October. 

This news comes after the Society recently made changes to boost client affordability, including relaxing its residential stress testing for cases up to £5m and increasing income multiples, with over 6x income now available under its tier three products and up to 6x income accepted under tier two products.

Market Harborough’s head of mortgage distribution, Iain Smith, said: “We’ve significantly lowered rates across our larger loan range. This opens the door for more clients looking to borrow between £3m and £5m and ensures we’re well-positioned to support those borrowers with both simple and more complex circumstances, including high net worth individuals and expats. This follows a summer of enhancements across our residential solutions, which saw us acting on broker feedback to make it even easier for them to place their cases.”