“Can a fully digital, institutional-funded buy-to-let mortgage originator become the technology backbone (MaaS layer) for the UK private rental sector?”
Founded in 2013 as a peer-to-peer buy-to-let mortgage platform allowing retail investors to fund landlord mortgages, Landbay pivoted around 2020 to an exclusively institutional 'Mortgages-as-a-Service' (MaaS) model, closing to retail investors. This reorientation positioned Landbay as a technology-driven origination and servicing engine for institutional capital, competing on speed, automation, and intermediary coverage rather than depositor funding. The company now processes 100% of mortgage applications online, offers instant decision-in-principle, and has expanded its embedded finance stack with open banking payment initiation for application fees.
Landbay is founded in 2013 and headquartered in 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 0SR, UK.
Landbay has raised $2.5B (including institutional funding rounds) in total.
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