Commercial Finance Broker Blog
Blog from Mark Alexander, retired Commercial Finance Broker and founder member of the NACFB – National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers

Headline Mortgage Rates for Limited Companies...
Limited Company BTL mortgages are now available up to 85% LTV and rates start from 3.09%.
The buy-to-let market has been hit by numerous tax changes in the last couple of years. Two of the main ones...

Commercial to Residential Change of Use...
I am currently looking at a commercial property which is basically two three storey terraced residential type properties converted into offices by opening the adjoining walls to gain through access so...

Title splitting on freehold property...
Hi there, I’m Chris from Benfleet, Essex. I’m relatively new to property investing and am seeking some advice if anyone out there can advise me.
I have 3 BTL properties and 1 mixed...

Innovative New BTL Mortgage Product...
85% LTV, low rates and fees AND positive cashflow on new BTL purchases?
Yes it’s true, and it’s available NOW!
The eagerly awaited collaboration between a market leading BTL mortgage...

CASE STUDY – First time buyer, First time landlord...
I thought I would share a short case study of how I helped Max, a first time buyer, first time landlord, to get on the property ladder recently.
Max is aged 21, and although he has managed to...

Residential and commercial in one?
I’m a buy-to-let landlord of one property (should be two in a couple of weeks). My wife came across another potential investment online yesterday. The property is a 3 bed detached house set back...

BTL Second Charge Mortgages / No Monthly Payments...
No this is NOT a wind up, it’s 100% genuine and is important that you know how it works so that at the very least you can make an informed decision about new financing choices which until now...

Shared Appreciation Mortgages for Buy to Let Landlords...
A radical shared appreciation mortgage product for buy to let landlords is soon to be launched.
The detailed criteria is yet to be released but we do have details of a product launched a few years ago...

Tracker Rate Class Actions Updates...
Over 1,000 people have registered an interest in the Class Action groups challenging the legality of the increases to tracker mortgage interest rate margins proposed/implemented by West Bromwich and...

Case Study – 100% funding – Full transparency...
We’ve all heard of those ‘no money down’ schemes (mortgage fraud scams) where a ‘property sourcer’ has negotiated a discount and the buyer and his friendly mortgage salesman gets a mortgage...