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Introducing Step Down fixed rates

More options for your Resi 6 and Resi 12 clients.

The 5 year Step Down fixed rate option provides an initial fixed rate for the first 2 years, followed by a lower fixed rate for the remaining 3 years, giving your client an overall saving compared to the equivalent Resi 6 or Resi 12 5 year fixed rate.

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New summer specials for Resi and BTL

We’re kicking off the summer holidays with new and reduced Special rates across Resi and BTL:

  • New 70% LTV Special rates for Resi and BTL
  • Rate reductions to existing 75% LTV BTL Special rates

Plus, all BTL Special rates come with free valuation.

Get them while you can.

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Rate reductions across Resi and BTL

We’ve launched new specials and reduced selected rates across our Resi and BTL ranges, including:

  • Resi Select 2, 3 and 5 year fixed rates with fee and no fee options
  • Resi Core 2, 3 and 5 year fixed rates at 90% LTV
  • Resi Shared Ownership 5 year fixed rates at 85%, 90% and 95% LTV
  • BTL fixed rates at 75% and 80% LTV

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Updates to our Professionals product

We’ve released two Special rates for our Professionals product to celebrate the removal of maximum age limit at application, meaning more clients could benefit from the enhanced affordability.

  • 2 year fixed, 90% LTV, No fee, 7.19%
  • 5 year fixed, 90% LTV, No fee, 6.79%

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*New* Mid LTV rates available

Introducing LTV solutions that provide more options for your residential clients. Designed to offer better rates so they only pay for what they need.

Available across our Select range for Residential clients:

  • 82.5% LTV
  • 87.5% LTV
  • 92.5% LTV (Purchase only)

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Visit K-hub, our service and information hub

K-hub is a dedicated information and service space where you can view our weekly service levels, support guides, handy reminders and general updates.

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Welcome to Kensington, the UK’s leading specialist mortgage lender.

We serve the needs of people whose circumstances don’t meet the lending criteria of high street banks. With a highly trained team of underwriters, we don’t just rely on credit scoring and algorithms to make decisions, instead we look at your client’s individual circumstances with an open mind.  


What makes us different

Solution led innovative products

A resi and BTL product range to give your clients more options. Our mortgages come with flexible lending criteria and are always underwritten by real people, not computers. 

Exceptional sales support

With Kensington, you get the choice of telephone, face to face, virtual or webchat with our sales teams. Or use our 24/7 lending criteria chatbot to answer your questions – day or night.

Dedicated service and information hub

We created K-hub to help you place your cases as quickly and easily as possible. It also includes our weekly service levels so you always know how we’re doing with cases.

How we work?

Flexible lending criteria

Lending decisions made by underwriters

No credit scores

No upfront app fees


Awards we're proud to have won

WMA_2022_Logo_Best Specialist Lender_Winners_3years-01-01-01 MF2020multiWIN WMA_2022_Logo_Best Specialist Lender_Winners_3years-01-01-01 ym2020 Personal Finance Awards Best Intermediary Lender

    Here’s how many people we’ve helped own their home

    Loans completed since 2015