"This deal clearly demonstrates our genuine appetite for providing large loan solutions to property investor clients"
- Chris Daly - Hampshire Trust Bank
The portfolio consisted of 32 student Houses in Multiple Occupation in a prestigious university city.
The client, who runs a significant property business, needed to remortgage the 32 HMOs and raise over £4m in capital for future property investments, as well as undertaking light redecoration and refurbishment works.
The transaction was introduced by Mark Nixon and Fiona Smith of Finance 55, who contacted HTB because they knew the bank are expert in dealing with large, complex HMO portfolios, with an appetite to lend up to £25m to experienced landlords and investors.
HTB worked efficiently to complete the deal, swiftly obtaining local information on the market in the Northeast and agreeing appetite at an executive level early on in the process to ensure all elements were in place for approval.
The bank’s service exceeded both broker and client expectations thanks to its award-winning service proposition, alongside a fast and efficient end-to-end process and expert property bankers handling the transaction from start to finish.
Fiona Smith, senior debt advisor, Finance 55, commented: “Mark and I are thrilled to get this facility secured for the client - structuring and sourcing the right debt solution whilst providing outstanding service is our aim.
"HTB prides itself on providing exceptional service to its brokers, and this is a testament to that commitment. They adopted a collaborative approach, and we look forward to working with them again.”
Chris Daly, managing director (pictured) – specialist mortgages, Hampshire Trust Bank, added: “This deal clearly demonstrates our genuine appetite for providing large loan solutions to property investor clients.
“Collaboration was key to the success of this deal. With its size and scope, there were numerous moving parts to ensure it worked from a legal point of view as well as a lending perspective. Mark and Fiona are experts in their field and provide the necessary supporting information quickly.
“HTB offers flexible lending criteria, quick decisions and market-leading service on complex portfolio deals for large property investors as well as straightforward buy-to-let cases, and this HMO refinancing was a perfect example of the former. It was a fantastic result for all those involved.”
