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        Adviser Training Goes Digital                          •   Storage  facility  –  You  will  soon  be  able  to save the
                                                                   online Buy to Let Addendum at any point and return
                                                                   to it a later date.                                          The remortgage market enters 2018 n good shape – and fi rst-tme buyng
       You asked us to provide more in-depth training on niches   •   Add or Remove Properties/ Update Information – You        mght just be set to pck up too, says RBSIP Head of Mortgages, Terry Jordan.
       such  as  bridging  finance,  equity  release,  protection  and   will  have the facility  to add/  remove properties and
       commercial  mortgages -  to name  a  few.    We’ve now      update all  of the information  within  the Buy  to Let
       introduced a range  of webinars  to enable  Mortgage        Addendum at  any  time.  This means  as  your  client’s      As the old year phased nto the new, the Bank of England   A roser outlook
       Brokers who have a particular interest in a business niche   portfolio  expands  or changes,  you  will  not  need  to   unanmously mantaned nterest rates at 0.5%, but wth a
       to develop their expertise further.                         start  a  new Buy  to Let Addendum,  you  can  simply        warnng that further “modest ncreases” mght be needed   What of future trends? UK Fnance’s Mortgage Market
                                                                   amend your existing form and send your client a new          over the next few years to brng nfl aton down to ts 2%   Forecast for 2018 and 2019 s slghtly more optmstc
       In  the coming  months,  we will  be taking  this one step   PDF version.                                                                                                     than ts predctons a year ago.
       further by also looking to provide one to one training on                                                                target (Source: Tmes/Fnancal Tmes 15.12.17).     Senor Economst Mohammad Jame sad: “We expect
       systems  and  processes  using  video  calls  and  the latest   •   Customer Friendly Cover Sheet – We will be adding    Remortgages and fi xed rates contnued to domnate the   more fi rst-tme buyers over the next two years, helped
       screen sharing facilities, to further enhance the support   a  cover sheet to the Buy  to  Let Addendum  which           mortgage market (Source: CACI data -  Consoldated   n part by compettve mortgage rates and government
       we can offer to Mortgage Brokers.                           outlines why we need this level of detail when writing       Analyss Centres Inc). And durng the last three months   housng schemes.” Contnung remortgage actvty wll
                                                                   buy to let business and the benefits it provides to the      of 2017, Brtsh house prces were fl at for the fi rst tme n   also buoy up the market.
                                                                   customer.                                                    more than four years.                                Support to swtch
        Ingard Introduces Broker Support                       When the new version of the online Buy to Let Addendum           London falls, regons rse                           In December RBSIP launched ts product transfer servce,

        Manual                                                 has been released into the Case Portal, you will receive an      Fallng prces n London dragged down the natonal   enablng brokers to help ther customers swtch and earn
                                                               email communication to confirm this.
                                                                                                                                                                                     a procuraton fee of 0.2% n the process.
                                                                                                                                average (Source: The Royal Insttuton of Chartered
                                                                                                                                Surveyors [RICS]). The bggest prce ncreases were n   The servce s avalable to both resdental and buy-to-let
       In  order to provide  Ingard’s Network  Members with a                                                                   the north-west of England, where values were up 6.5%   customers 110 days before ther deal expres. It s also
       clear outline  of our  processes  and  policies,  we have   GDPR: Changes to Processes &                                 over the year, and n the East of England, East Mdlands   avalable for those on a standard varable rate, as well
       consolidated all of our procedures and guidance into one                                                                 and the South West, all of whch saw rses of 6.4%   as those on RBSIP ‘track and swtch’ products, whch
       comprehensive guide.                                      Procedures                                                     (Source: The Guardan 17.10.17). The RICS monthly    allows consumers to swtch from a fi xed rate to a

                                                                                                                                house prce balance fell to zero n November from plus   tracker wthout penalty.
       The Broker Support Manual will shortly be uploaded onto                                                                  one the month before.
       Ingard’s Case Portal and all Network Members will receive   In the coming weeks Ingard will be releasing a clear set                                                          The new servce s one of the ways we’ll be supportng
       an email communication inviting them to login and take a   of guidelines which all Network Members must adopt to         The fi rst quarter of 2018 s lkely to contnue wth strong   our customers to acheve the rght product outcomes,
       look.                                                   ensure their business complies with the new General Data         remortgage actvty, both n resdental loans – takng   whle makng t easer for our broker partners to do
                                                               Protection Regulation (GDPR).                                    advantage of contnung low rates and ncreasng     busness wth us – and to take advantage of 2018’s
       We will be updating the Broker Support Manual whenever                                                                   competton – and buy-to-let. The latter wll benefi t   fresh opportuntes.
       there is change to our process  or policy which  may    We hope that  our  Network  Members embrace these                from the renewal of the two-year cycle of fi xed rates
       affect  Network  Members.  Any  changes  made  will  be   changes and work with us to ensure everyone’s business         taken out just before 2016’s stamp duty ncrease.
       communicated  to you  via  email  and  feature in  the   is  protected  from  the  EU’s  hefty  fines.  Most  of  the  key
       Compliance Bulletin section of the Case Portal.         principles are common sense and in the best interest of          Frst-tme buyer actvty also rose at the end of
                                                               the customer.                                                    2017 (Source: CACI). Frst-tmers wll be supported
       Please take the time to view this guide, it is an excellent                                                              by the change announced n the autumn budget
       resource which tells you all of the information you need to   The introduction of GDPR provides a fantastic opportunity   (Source: Chancellor’s Autumn Budget Statement n
       meet Ingard’s compliance guidelines.                    for you to contact your customer base to reconfirm that          2017), whch saw stamp duty land tax abolshed for
                                                               they are happy for you to continue to contact them and           fi rst-tme purchases of up to £300,000.
                                                               potentially generate new business at the same time.
        Buy to Let Addendum: Phase Two                         If you have any questions regarding GDPR in the meantime,

                                                               then please contact our Broker Support Team on
                                                               01702 533 400.
       Over the past few months, most Network Members have
       written at least one buy to let case and have fed back their                                                             FOR INTERMEDIARY USE ONLY
       thoughts on Ingard’s online Buy to Let Addendum.                                                                          Y O U R H O M E O R P R O P E R T Y M A Y B E R E P O S S E S S E D I F
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       you that we have taken all of your points on board. We
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