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Contractors
Contractors are self employed, usually working through Limited Companies or Contractor Umbrella Companies. They get paid a daily rate.

It is that daily rate that morgage lenders use to calculate the mortgage offers for them.

A permanent employee would get an offer of 4 times their annual salary.

A contractor’s annual salary would be calcualted as 48 times their weekly rate.

They would then get a mortgage offer of 4times that depending on circumstances.

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Contractor Mortgages market boost from Help to Buy

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Contractor Mortgages Market Boost

There has been a major contractor mortgages market boost from the new Help To Buy programme implemented by the Government.

Of course, we all know that Help to Buy was brought in by the Government to raise the price of houses so that there would be a feel good factor at the next election. People would feel a bit better off if their houses were rising in price.

However, the contractor mortgages market boost that the Help to Buy scheme has produced has been positive for contractors. It has especially allowed new contractors to get on the property ladder.

Banks and Building Societies

Previously banks and building societies were demanding a 20% deposit from those seeking loans. That was keeping first time buyers out of the market. It is first time buyers who are the lifeblood of the market.

The economic Laws of Supply and Demand kick in here. If there are fewer people competing to buy houses then the price will fall. If there are more people competing for houses then the price will rise. Those first time buyers will become second house buyers at some point.

Average house prices for first time buyers rose by 11% last year compared to 9.5% for existing owners.

Help to Buy Scheme

The Government’s Help to Buy scheme has caused this contractor mortgages market boost. Now, new buyers only have to come up with a 5% deposit instead of a 20% deposit. That makes a huge difference and has brought plenty of people into the market.

First time buyers last year paid an average £208,000 for their first homes. A 5% deposit would have come to an average of £10,400 which is easily payable by a contractor. A 20% deposit would come to £41,600. Even contractors would have to wait a while to gather that deposit.

UK House Prices

Existing owners paid an average of £312,000 for a house. UK house prices rose 10% overall last year. With a rise of 10% last year that gives a rise of 21% in two years.

Contractors would be much better to get their contractor mortgages through specialist contractor mortgage brokers as they get better rates and better offers and don’t have to show accounts.

To find out more, or to apply, you should click on Specialist Contractor Mortgages

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Best Contractor Mortgages Deals for UK Contractors

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Best Contractor Mortgages Deals

The Best Contractor Mortgages deals can be got from Specialist Contractor Mortgages brokers in the UK.

The Foolish Contractor walks into a high street bank or building society to ask for a contractor mortgage. The bank or building society tell him or her:-

1.  As you are a contractor and your income is not as secure as that of a permanent member of staff, we would have to get three years worth of accounts from you

2.  We will base any offer to you on your Director’s Salary.

Foolish Contractor

Many years ago, I was a foolish contractor. I didn’t know about specialist contractor mortgages brokers in the UK. I simply decided that I would have to wait a few years to get a mortgage for a house or flat. However, it wouldn’t be a great place I could afford if it was only based on my Director’s salary.

So, I continued to waste tens of thousands of pounds by continuing to rent.

However, if I had known about specialist contractor mortgages brokers like Tony Harris all those years ago I would be much richer now. Tony has been getting the best contractor mortgages deals for years.

He started by getting specialist contractor mortgages for IT Contractors. Now he can get those specialist contractor mortgages for all contractors.

Initially lenders were wary about lending to contractors. However, Tony managed to talk them into dipping their toes in the water.

Now, because those initial contractors have paid up on their mortgages and very few have defaulted, Tony has great credibility with the lenders. He can often get contractor mortgage offers at better rates than the marketplace.

Crucial Factors

However, here are the two crucial factors:-

1.  He can get contractor mortgage offers based on their daily rate annualised (daily rate x 5 x 48 x 4).

2.  He can get the quote just on production of the contractor’s contract, rather than the lender having to see 3 years worth of accounts.

In other words, he can get the best contractor mortgages deals on the marketplace for his contractors. Furthermore, he can get new contractors the best contractor mortgage offers on the very first day of their very first contract. This has revolutionised the contractor mortgages market.

Best Contractor Mortgages Deals

To find out more info or to get the best contractor mortgages deals and a quote click on Specialist Contractor Mortgages

Remortgage Deals | Cracking one-off rates for Contractors

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Remortgage Deals

There are a number of cracking remortgage deals for contractors at the moment.

Remortgage rates are at record lows as Lenders enter in to a price war in the run up to Christmas. It is a desperate bid by lenders to improve their lending stats before they have to show their books to the City. This is following a relative lending drought post MMR last spring.

As such, Contractors are in the ideal position to cash in and get remortgage deals on to a two-year fixed rate. This will enable them to ride out the widely predicted base rate increases expected in 2015.

Competitive Remortgage Deals

One contractor friendly Lender has launched a range of highly competitive remortgage rates which are based on contract rate alone. So you avoid the hassle of proving your income using company accounts.

You can, often, borrow more than your permie colleagues. Depending on how much equity you hold in your property you can access the following rate:-

– 60% LTV on a 2 year fixed rate at 2% with a £999 arrangement fee.

– 75% LTV on a 2 year fixed rate at 2.29% with no arrangement fee.

– 85% LTV on a 2 year fixed rate at 2.69% with no arrangement fee.

Remortgage Deals Only

All of these rates are available on remortgage only. They are to supplement the first time buyer rates which Halifax launched last week from as little as 2.99% at 90% LTV.

However, this is likely to be a flash sale. This is because when they release rates during a price war, they rarely stay around for long as Lenders test the market before stabilising their product book.

Contractors should act quickly to secure these competitive rates. They can then ride out the possible base rate rises and uncertainty that may be on the horizon for next year.

You are best to get contractor mortgages through specialist contractor mortgage brokers.

To find out more about these astonishing remortgage deals you should click on Specialist Contractor Mortgages and fill out the form there.

Contractor Mortgage Offers – Calculation of your offer

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Contractor Mortgage Offers

Contractor Mortgage offers can vary greatly. Indeed if you went into a high street bank or building society they would base it on your Director’s salary. We all know that wouldn’t lead to great contractor mortgage offers.

They may not even give you an offer as they need three years worth of accounts as well.

If you go to a specialist contractor mortgages broker like Tony Harris, contractor mortgage offers are based on your daily rate annualised. That’s much better, isn’t it?

It’s basically Daily Rate x 5 times 48 times x 4. The last figure would be up to 5 depending on circumstances and how much deposit you put down.

However, a very rough figure would be got at for your contractor mortgage offers by multiplying your hourly rate by £7,200.

Example Offers Based On Rates

Hourly Rate – Offer

£20 – £144,000

£30 – £216,000

£40 – £288,000

£50 – £360,000

£60 – £432,000

Indicative Guide

It has to be said, again, that this is very rough and depends on your circumstances what your contractor mortgage offers are.

However, it is an indicative guide as to what you can get. Through specialist contractor mortgage brokers like Tony, you can get a mortgage offer within hours of the very first day of your very first contract.

There didn’t used to be specialist contractor mortgage brokers when I started contracting and I was ‘blown off’ by building societies and high street banks when I went looking for contractor mortgage offers. The three years of accounts needed were a killer.

Specialist Contractor Mortgages

However, Tony persuaded banks and building societies that there was a lucrative new market for them in loaning money to contractors. They dipped their toes in the water. When the contractors kept up to date with their mortgage payments and didn’t default, it gave Tony lots of credibility with the loaners.

Since then he’s been able to get more and more contractor mortgage offers for more and more contractors. It’s at good rates too.

To find out more or to apply you should click on Specialist Contractor Mortgages

Help to Buy scheme – Can I use it? | Contractor Mortgages

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Help to Buy Scheme

Would I be entitled to use the Help to Buy scheme?

The government has been under increasing pressure recently to review the Help to Buy scheme as it has been brandished as the catalyst for the so-called ‘housing bubble’. It would be quite damaging if the Chancellor was to turn his back on the Help to buy scheme now. This is because so many first time buyers have now got a foot up on to the housing market across the UK.

Official figures from the Department of Communities and Local Government have announced that approximately 74 borrowers are purchasing a house through Help to Buy on a daily basis.

Help to Buy Mortgages for contractors

Help to Buy Mortgages for UK Contractors

Specialist Contractor Mortgages

The Help to Buy scheme has enabled many prospective buyers who have been stuck on the sidelines of the property market. This is because they are unable to put together the necessary deposit. The average deposit put down by a borrower on the Help to Buy scheme was £13,031 in April. This compares to the average deposit of £61,325 from a buyer not using the scheme.

As a Contractor you too can benefit from this excellent scheme. There are certain criteria to meet in order to qualify. Equity loans are available to both first time buyers and home movers on new build homes in England. This is for a purchase price up to £600,000.

Who Is Eligible?

However, you would not be eligible if you already own a property. Also, you cannot sub-let the property. You require a 5% deposit. The Government will give you a loan up to 20% of the price. You will need to obtain a mortgage to cover the remaining 75%.

Please click on Specialist Contractor Mortgages. Then fill in the contact form for further details of the Help to Buy scheme rates. They’ll give you the current Halifax free valuation offer.

Mortgage Market Review | Contractor Mortgages unaffected

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Mortgage Market Review

If I decide to move house, will I risk missing out on a property due to the Mortgage Market Review (MMR) regulations?

Since the Mortgage Market Review was introduced on 26th April, typical high street Lenders have pushed back completion dates by weeks.

Many borrowers have failed to comply with the now much stricter affordability assessments. This has undoubtedly put some individuals off of even attempting to apply for a mortgage. However, this needn’t be the case.

Specialist Contractor Mortgages

Your Contractor status places you in a far stronger position. This is because you do not need to secure your mortgage through the local branch of your high street Lender. That is where the problems have been arising. Specialist Advisers such as Tony Harris use their contacts in the various Lenders underwriting departments, to ensure your application is processed quickly and smoothly.

They will expertly package your application to ensure that it is fully Mortgage Market Review compliant. Therefore it makes it easier for the Lender to process it. As such, Contractors are finding they are completing on purchases when others are failing.

Mortgage Market Review and Specialist Contractor Mortgages

Indeed the Mortgage Market Review is giving contractors the jump on other mortgage applicants. Contractor Financials are able to get specialist contract mortgages for contractors at better rates than the marketplace. That’s as well as getting them more easily.

If contractors walked into a high street bank or building society they would have to produce three years worth of accounts. Also, they would get a quote based on their director’s salary. As we all know, contractors like to keep that low so that they can take as much as possible in dividends.

If you want more information or to apply for a specialist contractor mortgage click on Specialist Contractor Mortgages

Halifax offer free valuation fees to home buyers – Contractor Mortgages

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Halifax Offer

Contractors can now take an advantage of a Halifax Offer just for them.

House prices are continuing to rise. The average house is now worth 10.9% more than a year ago at £183,577.

The Independent Financial Advisers at ContractorFinancials have noted that all areas of the UK are experiencing this upturn in the housing market. It is not just confined to London and the South East.

According to Nationwide, in April buyer enquiries increased across the UK. Even more notably they also increased outside of London and the South East.

In fact the North West, North, the South West and East Midlands saw the most buyer enquiries. So, irrespective of where you live in the UK, the time is right to move onto or up the property ladder.

Moving House

As there are so many hidden costs involved in moving, can I actually afford to move?

Moving house can be an expensive process. Fortunately the specialist Advisers at ContractorFinancials are able to source which Lenders are offering the best value deals available to Contractors.

Free Valuation Fees

An exciting cost saving currently being offered by the Halifax is free valuation fees to home buyers. This is available to both first time buyers and home movers.

– The free valuation fees applies to all home buyers with a mortgage of £200,000 and above on selected products.
– The Halifax will refund your valuation fee if the initial purchase falls through.  You can still complete on another property with the Halifax.
– This offer is for a limited time only.

Save Hundreds of Pounds

This offering by the Halifax can save Contractors hundreds of pounds in free valuation fees. That can make a big difference when you are saving for a deposit.

If you want further information, or want to apply for one of these mortgages with Free Valuation Fees, you should click on Specialist Contractor Mortgages

Contractor Mortgages – 95% mortgages trebled with Help To Buy

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95% Mortgages for Contractors

The number of 95% mortgages available in the marketplace has trebled since the Government’s Help To Buy scheme was brought in during October. This has had a knock-on effect on UK Contractor Mortgages. Contractors are scrambling to get specialist contractor mortgages before the prices rise too high.

Not only that, the lenders are scrapping amongst themselves to use the Help To Buy scheme to sell those low deposit mortgages. This has resulted in the effective loan rates coming down a full percentage point since Help To Buy was introduced.

That’s saving the average buyer £1,200 a year in interest payments for houses averaging £150,000. When it comes to contractors that amount would be higher.

Contractor Mortgages in the UK

According To Genworth, buyers who want 95% mortgages via Help to Buy now have 132 different deals available to them. It seems that, since Help to Buy was introduced, lenders have cut the best rates from 5.48% to 4.69%.

That’s a fair bit of money for a contractor who is buying, say, a £300,000 house. Help To Buy allows first time contractors the opportunity to get a specialist contractor mortgage at a decent price.

Contractors still have a problem, when they go to a high street bank or building society. They ask for three years worth of accounts. They also base the quote on their Director’s salary, which they deliberately keep low. I found this problem all those years ago when I started contracting.

Specialist Contractor 95% Mortgages

Contractors today are luckier as there are now specialist contractor mortgages brokers, like Tony Harris. They have credibility with lenders in the marketplace. That’s due to the good behaviour of contractors for whom he previously got mortgages, in terms of making their payments and not defaulting.

Tony can get contractors 95% mortgages via Help To Buy on production just of their contract. Furthermore he gets them a quote based on their daily rate annualised. For instance a contractor on £400 a day could get an offer of up to £384,000.

To find out more, or to apply, you should click on Specialist Contractor Mortgages

Contractor Mortgages: Help to Buy sending house prices soaring

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Specialist Contractor Mortgages

95% Specialist Contractor Mortgages are proving very popular with the advent of the Government’s Help To Buy scheme which started in October for existing houses and is due to run for the next few years.

It has really fired up a sagging housing market.

Rising House Prices

Rightmove, which is a property website have said that house prices have gone up by 1% in just the first two weeks of January. That’s an average of £2,406 per property. That’s the fastest they have ever gone up in that period says Rightmove.

House Prices have now gone up by 6.3% in the last year. That’s the highest rate of annual increase since the top of the market in November 2007.

In London it is just going crazy with house prices up by 15% in the past year. Indeed some experts are calling for Help To Buy to be cut short in London in case it overheats the market.

Mortgage Broker

Contractor Mortgages deals are flying off the shelf according to specialist Contractor Mortgages broker Tony Harris.

Normally contractors find it difficult to get mortgages, with high street banks demanding to see three years worth of accounts and making offers related to the contractor’s Director’s salary which is not usually that large.

Because of Tony’s reputation in the marketplace and the good payment record of the contractors that he has got mortgages, he is able to get contractors mortgage offers based on their daily rate and all they need is a copy of their contract.

First Timer Buyers

Indeed he can get first time contractors mortgage offers on their very first day of their very first contract. They can be in their dream house in another 4-6 weeks. One new contractor was even able to get the keys to his dream house within two weeks of his first ever contract.

To find out more, or to apply, click on Specialist Contractor Mortgages

Race to beat Funding for Lending Cap

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Funding for Lending Cap

The race is on to beat the Government’s Funding for Lending Cap on Specialist Contractor Mortgages. The Government had loaned the big lenders funds so that they could loan money to businesses to help the country out of the downward spiral.

Banks hadn’t been lending, which was hitting the economy, so the Government stepped in to guarantee loans to small businesses.

However, instead of using that money to loan to small businesses, the bulk of the money was used by the banks to fund mortgages.

Help to Buy

The Government exacerbated this by the launch of the Help to Buy. The Government would guarantee 15% of a 95% loan to those buying new houses. This was to help boost both the construction industry and the housing market. It also brought first time buyers into the market for the first time in years.

They have extended it to all buyers now. It was supposed to come in during January but they brought it forward 3 months to October. Tony Harris, a mortgage broker for many years in the contractor market, saw a steady flow of contractors taking up specialist contractor mortgages deals.

House prices have started to rise boosted by more buyers entering the market.

End of Funding for Lending

Now, shortly, the Government will pull one of the planks away. In February, the Government will bring in a Funding for Lending Cap for lenders giving mortgages. They will still be able to tap Funding for Lending to loan to small businesses but not to those wanting to buy houses.

There will still be the other pillar of Help to Buy but there will be less monetary help from the Government in terms of Funding for Lending. There is still, of course, a window of opportunity between now and the start of February. It is predicted that loan rates may rise after that. That’s because there will be less money to loan to the same amount of mortgage seekers.

Closing Window

Contractor Mortgages are still available at the old rates. Lenders can still tap that money for now – but the window is closing.

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