The lender has also expanded the list of acceptable visa types.

UK visa holders’ income will now be considered as part of affordability assessments for foreign national applicants.

The Society has increased its maximum LTV to 90% for skilled worker visa applicants with new fixed rate product.

The range is available for new build buyers, in partnership with Own New.

The Society has also expanded its visa lending criteria for both residential and buy-to-let propositions.

Hodge’s Resi and Resi Retire offerings will have a new threshold for foreign nationals.

The society has removed minimum income thresholds and restrictions on the time remaining on visas.

Product enhancements can open up the opportunity of home ownership to a far wider base, while also offering more competitive options, says Laura Sneddon, head of mortgage sales and...

The lender has also holding rates across the range.

The Society’s foreign national mortgage offering, launched earlier this year, supports skilled foreign nationals settling in the UK.