Octane Capital boosts buy-to-let BDM team
With its buy-to-let product seeing phenomenal demand, #3rdgen lender, Octane Capital, today announced that Dylan Bleasdale and Emma Kelman have joined the company as specialist buy-to-let BDMs. Both will report into sales director, Liam Lawlor.
- Dylan Bleasdale joins Octane as buy-to-let BDM from Zephyr Homeloans, having previously worked for Zephyr founder, Computershare Loan Services. He is based in the north east and will be covering the north of England
- Emma Kelman joins Octane as buy-to-let BDM from Kensington Mortgage Group where she worked as a BDM for over two decades. She is based in London and will cover the south of England
Octane’s highly popular buy-to-let product, which has a pay rate starting at 3.99%, requires ZERO stress-testing, which is one of the major challenges brokers and landlords are facing in an increasingly conservative lending environment.
Octane is specifically targeting borrowers that most other lenders actively avoid, including first-time landlords, foreign nationals, MUFBs (multi-unit freehold blocks), HMOs (houses in multiple occupation), limited companies and other non-standard structures.
Emma Kelman, buy-to-let BDM, Octane Capital, commented: “Working at Octane is like being part of a family. It’s a relaxed and friendly atmosphere where everyone trusts everyone else and has got your back. Our buy-to-let product is proving a massive hit with brokers and I’m really looking forward to building on that. Best of all, deals I would previously have had to say no to I can now give the green light, and that puts a real spring in your step.”
Dylan Bleasdale, buy-to-let BDM, Octane Capital, added: “The Octane proposition is something I have always seen as unique. This is a lender that goes out of its way to say yes rather than no and, in the current climate in particular, that’s extremely refreshing. I’m looking forward to helping Octane secure an even stronger foothold in the north of England.”
Liam Lawlor, sales director, Octane Capital, commented: “We’ve been bowled over by the level of demand from brokers for our buy-to-let product and have brought Emma and Dylan onboard to specifically accommodate it. They’re both highly experienced operators and know the market inside out so will hit the ground running. Our buy-to-let loans are targeting a demographic that the vast majority of lenders actively avoid, with many of our borrowers to date having multiple non-standard circumstances. But this is where we excel as a lender and we look forward to helping as many brokers as we can during 2021.”
