Created by the financial services company Legal and General and the Buckinghamshire Building Society, it will be interest-only or capital repayments for up to 50% of the property value where a credible repayment strategy is in place.

The maximum loan size is £350k while the remaining equity after the propose loan must be at least £150k.

The product is only available to Legal and General Club members.

Sally O’Neill, a mortgage lending analyst at the company, said that it was a niche product likely to appeal to those wishing to raise funds. “It is not really equity release – it is more remortgaging, perhaps for something like home improvements.”

Commenting on the joint-initiative, Ivan Gould, chief executive of the Buckinghamshire Building Society said that the society was “delighted” to be working with Legal and General.

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