Jack Slade, business development executive with experience in the region, will be supporting brokers based in Scotland. He will work alongside the rest of HTB’s sales team across the UK.
“I’m genuinely proud to be part of this expansion,” said Slade. “I’ve worked with brokers across Scotland for many years and understand the nuances they deal with when placing complex cases, particularly when it comes to portfolios or less straightforward properties.”
Andrea Glasgow (pictured), sales director, specialist mortgages and bridging finance at HTB, added: “This expansion allows us to support brokers and landlords across the UK in placing deals in Scotland with confidence, backed by the same tailored approach they already expect from us. It also means we can do more to meet the complexity of landlord portfolios and the specific demands of the market.”
Specialist lenders move into Scotland
HTB’s expansion follows a trend of specialist lenders extending their lending operations into Scotland in recent months.
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Pluto Finance, specialists in development, bridging and investment finance for property developers and investors, took its lending operation over the Scottish border at the end of March appointing Jamie Drummond as lending director.
Pluto described the opportunity to deploy capital for house building in Scotland as “considerable”.
United Trust Bank Asset Finance stated its intention to move into Scotland at the end of 2024 stating that the country’s asset finance market was “heavily underserved”.
For an outlook of the buy-to-let lending market in Scotland in 2025, read Paul Huxter’s blog. Huxter is head of intermediary sales and distribution at West One Loans.
