The client

A senior professional based overseas, non-resident and non-domiciled, buying a prime central London home for family use. Income and assets were held abroad across several currencies, with no UK footprint to speak of.

The challenge

Most lenders stop at the first hurdle here: no UK residency, income earned entirely overseas, and source-of-funds evidence spanning three jurisdictions. The buyer also wanted a higher loan-to-value than the handful of lenders in this space usually offer.

Our approach

We prepared a full source-of-wealth narrative and placed the case with an international private lender that understands cross-border income, presenting the currency position and asset base as the lender needed to see it.

The outcome

The purchase completed at 75% LTV on a two-year fixed, interest-only basis, four weeks from instruction, a higher advance than the client expected, on terms that respected the international structure of their affairs.

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