TLT, Spicerhaart and Excel launch interest-only resolution for lenders

TLT has joined forces with asset management specialists Spicerhaart Corporate Sales and fact-finding experts Excel to create a unique interest-only solution for lenders with interest-only customers that are either coming to maturity with no plan in place or are already there.

Both the customer and the lender will be engaged throughout the journey to resolution, whether that is repayment, conversion, re-mortgage, the sale of the property, or where there is no other solution, litigation. This unique approach delivers a clear strategy for the lender within 90 days.

In May 2018, UK Finance reported that there were 1.7million interest-only mortgages outstanding in the UK with around 200,000 due to mature by 2020. While most of these customers will engage with their lenders and agree a resolution, the proposition will assist those borrowers that are more reluctant, either because they do not like their options, or they fear they simply have no way of paying back the outstanding debt.

The new partnership brings together experts in field, legal and asset management.

TLT are specialists in financial services and have a long history of supporting lenders with their strategic and day to day legal needs.

FCA regulated financial services company Excel are experts in face to face engagement and fact-finding with customers to understand individual circumstances.

Spicerhaart Corporate Sales, which has assisted borrowers with expired interest-only loans for some time, can assist the customer from a property related perspective.

Dave Miller, client account manager at Spicerhaart Corporate Sales, says: “Over the past few years, lenders have successfully implemented a wide range of strategies to contact their interest-only customers.

“However, a proportion of those who are  often  the most vulnerable of customers, are still failing to engage, while many others are now past their term expiry date with no formal agreement in place for resolution.”

“That is why we have created this proposition; we are able to combine all the expertise needed to be able to find the best solution for both lenders and their customers.”

Graham Walters, partner at TLT, says: “We aim to provide absolute resolution both for the customer and the lender based on the customer’s individual circumstances. Interest-only resolution is an issue that needs to be dealt with and we believe that our approach can help.”

Laurence Venn, CEO at Excel, concludes: “Our new proposition addresses the difficulty lenders face in resolving every case and is aimed at avoiding drift, which so often can occur in these difficult situations.”