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Steve Matthews is appointed as Head of Buy to Let Sales

12 Jul 2018 By Octopus Real Estate

We’ve appointed Steve Matthews in the role of Head of Buy to Let Sales, effective immediately. Steve will drive our growing loan book exposure, which is benefitting from robust landlord demand for competitively priced and swift financing and the favorable yields and tax reliefs available to investors in the sector.  

Reporting to Head of Sales D’mitri Zaprzala, Steve, who has more than 18 years of property lending experience, will be responsible for leveraging our market leading product range to increase the loan book exposure across England, targeting first time buyers through to portfolio landlords. To date, we’ve provided just under £440mn of Buy to Let financing, we’re targeting a further c. £150mn over the next 12 months. 

Steve joins Octopus Property from Shawbrook, where he was Regional Development Manager, responsible for maintaining and developing relationships for Shawbrook Bank in the short term lending, specialist and commercial mortgage markets. Prior to that he held senior roles at the Co Operative Banking Group and Skipton Building Society. 

Our Buy to Let product range offers property professionals with competitively priced and flexible financing options. Clients include foreign nationals, expats, first time landlords, complex company structures and portfolio landlords. 

Steve Matthews said:  

“The market opportunity for alternative lenders has never been so great and I am excited to be joining a business that truly understands the requirements of property professionals, across both the residential and commercial sectors, and that has a track record and product range to consistently deliver for its customers.” 

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