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High Street Banks
High Street Banks are not good for contractors if they don’t know what they are doing, when they are going for a mortgage.

They offer contractors mortgages based on their Director’s salary and needing three years worth of accounts.

That scuppers first time contractors.

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Director’s Salary Used as Basis for Mortgage Offer
It also gets contractors mortgage offers which are very low.

Personal service company contractors deliberately keep their director’s salary as low as they can so that they can take their money out in Dividends.

Dividends are taxed at a lower rate than income- esepcially if some of the income is at the top rate of tax.
Specialist Contractor Mortgage Broker
Rather than walk into a high street bank, contractors should contact a specialist contractor mortgage broker.

They know which banks will deal with contractors.

Also, because the contractors previously recommended to mortgage lenders by those brokers, have, in general, paid their monthy payments, and haven’t defaulted, those brokers are often able to get contractors mortgages at better rates than the market rate.

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Contractor’s Contract is Proof of Income
Rather than having to produce three years worth of accounts, as they previously had to, banks who use those contractor mortgage brokers will take the contractor’s contract as proof of earnings.

They will also annualise the daily rate in order to make a mortgage offer rather than use Director’s salary.

It used to be that these offers were only available to IT Contractors.

However, now they are open to all contractors.

Indeed it is by far the best way for contractors to get mortgages.

Specialist broker – Why Contractors should use them

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Specialist Broker

Tony Harris is a specialist broker of contractor mortgages. He has been getting contractors mortgages for many years. So, I thought I would ask him why contractors should use a specialist broker like him rather than go direct to those that give out mortgages.

I asked him “Why should I go via you when I can just walk into a high street bank or building society? What differentiates you?”

Contract Based

With over fourteen years experience as a specialist broker and of negotiating our contract based mortgage underwriting, we have built unrivalled relationships with lenders.

If you go in to a high street bank and present your accounts, the mortgage adviser will only see your net income. This should be considerably less than you are actually earning (if your accountant is doing his job). So, this could severely limit the amount you can borrow.

Annual Contract Rate

Instead we use our contacts to secure your mortgage based on a multiple of your annual contract rate. This is irrespective of how long you have been contracting. It also doesn’t matter how long you have left on your current assignment.

This invariably allows our clients to borrow far more than they could even when they were a permie. It also saves the trouble of collating years of accounts or projections. This is the standard requirement if you were to go in-branch.

Mortgage Lenders

We understand that you live a very hectic lifestyle and have tailored our service to match.

We won’t need to see you face-to-face for a lengthy meeting as our entire service is offered online, via email and by phone. We do all the running for you, liaising with solicitors, lenders and estate agents so you don’t have to.

You will have one contact who will guide you through the process and is on hand to answer any questions you may have, leaving you free to concentrate on the needs of your client.

Best Mortgage Rates

That answers that then. It would be a foolish contractor who walked into banks asking about their contractor mortgages.

Tony uses his credibility in the marketplace to help get contractors the best mortgage rates available and the highest offers.

To get further information or to apply to a specialist broker for a mortgage, fill in a form here and Tony will get back to you:- Mortgages for Contractors

Contractor Mortgages Market Boom – Best Places for Contractors to Buy

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Contractor Mortgages Market Boom

There is a Contractor Mortgages Market boom, according to specialist contractor mortgages broker Tony Harris.

London has seen massive rises in the price of houses and apartments. With London becoming, more and more, an international city, the contractor mortgages market is set to continue in its upward path.

The best value in the next few years, though, could be in cities and areas who have more recently started rising in price.

Property Mortgages Market Boom Moving North

Every property market boom starts, firstly, in the south and gradually spreads throughout the country. It moves north generally.

The current contractor mortgages market boom is going that way.

This means that cities like Sheffield, Liverpool and Glasgow are likely to rise more than southern cities in he next few years. The contractor mortgages market is likely to increase significantly in those cities.

Property experts say that London house prices will continue to rise – but at a slower rate than northern cities.

Buy a House up North

Indeed, if a contractor from London got an extended contract in a northern city, like Liverpool or Glasgow, it might be a good idea to sell up in London and buy a house in Liverpool or Glasgow.

Firstly, it would be an absolutely palatial place you could get there just by selling a flat in a decent area of London.

Secondly, when it was time to go back down south again the contractor would get an even better property in London after selling his, or her, northern house for more than his previous place in London was now worth.

Your house could make more for you than your contract.

Average Annual Earnings

House prices in London are now 12 times Londoners average annual earnings. For the UK as a whole it is 6.3 times annual earnings.

Average house prices in both London and Oxford were now so high that they were more than 12 times local annual earnings – almost double the UK average of 6.3 times wages.

The cities where house prices have been rising for 6 years are as follows. They are Aberdeen, Bristol, Cardiff, London, Cambridge, Birmingham, Oxford and Manchester.

Contractor Mortgages Market Best Areas to Buy

Although property prices will continue to rise in those cities, it will be at a slower rate than the following cities which have only started to recover in the past two years.

They are Glasgow, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Newcastle, Sheffield and Leeds. Belfast has only started recovering in the past 18 months and houses there are at real bargain prices.

House Prices in those cities are only between 3 and 6 times local annual salaries. This makes them most affordable. There’s more room for property price rises in those cities.

London Property Boom

In the last 6 years the average property price in London has risen from £144,278 to £405,500. That’s astonishing. Part of that is due to London’s status as an international city.

The Government’s Help to Buy scheme has given a massive boost to the contractor mortgages market. It means that first time buyers could enter the housing market again.

They can get 95% mortgages now compared to 75% to 80% mortgages before.

Contractor Mortgages Maximum Offers

Low rates are also sending the market higher. These are the lowest rates that contractors have ever had – and many of the are taking fixed rate mortgages to lock in those low rates.

A contractor mortgages lenders war has intensified this year leading to some great bargains for contractors as regards mortgage rates.

Banks and building societies ask contractors for three years worth of accounts. Contractor mortgage brokers need just a copy of the contract.

High street banks and building societies base their offers on the contractor’s director’s salary. Contractor mortgage brokers base it on a contractors daily rate annualised – which is much more.

This has led to the current contractor mortgages market boom.

To find our more click on Specialist Contractor Mortgages

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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

Best Contractor Mortgages

Best Contractor Mortgages Rates & Offers

Best Contractor Mortgage Rates

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Best Contractor Mortgage Rates

You usually get the best contractor mortgage rates from using specialist contractor mortgages brokers.

High street banks and building societies usually look upon contractors as a risk. To their minds, contractors don’t have regular income like a permanent worke doesr.

So, if you walk into one of those looking for the best contractor mortgage rates you are going to be disappointed. It is usually the case that contractors have to provide three years worth of accounts to them. Furthermore, they base the offer that they give the contractor on their Director’s salary. That doesn’t get you much.

Specialist Contractor Mortgages Brokers

Because they are considered a risk the mortgage rate they are offered is usually quite high. So, that’s why contractors should use specialist contractor mortgages brokers if they want to get the best contractor mortgage rates.

They can even use Help To Buy to get contractors offers of up to 95% of the property value.

One such specialist contractor mortgages broker is Tony Harris. He has been getting IT Contractors mortgages for over 10 years. Now he is able to get all sorts of contractors mortgages.

Best Contractor Mortgage Offers

He can get the best contractor mortgage rates because he has built up credibility over the years with lenders. Contractors have helped him get this credibility by contractors paying their mortgages regularly. They have not defaulted on their mortgages.

So, that’s why Tony is able to get the best contractor mortgage rates for contractors. He can also get offers based on their daily rate. Multiply your daily rate by 5, then 48 and then 4 to get what your likely mortgage offer is likely to be.

Often the offer is better than market rates. Thank your fellow contractors for giving Tony his credibility so that he can get you the best contractor mortgage rates.

The other great thing is that he is able to get the best contractor mortgage offers just on production of your contract. You don’t have to produce three years worth of accounts.

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

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Contractor Mortgage Options for UK Contractors

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Contractor Mortgage Options

The Contractor Mortgage options for UK Contractors are twofold.

1.  You can step in to a high street bank and ask for a contractor mortgage or

2.  You can contact a specialist contractor mortgages broker

The first of the contractor mortgage options is what most contractors take – but it is madness.

The second of the two contractor mortgage options is the clever one – but only the contractors in-the-know are able to benefit from it.

High Street Bank mortgages for contractors

If you step into the high street bank, or building society, they will:-

a) Ask to see three years worth of accounts, meaning you will have to have been a contractor for at least 3.5 years

b)  Give you a quote based on your director’s salary. We all know that contractor prefer to keep that as low as possible. They want to take their money out in dividends and so maximise their returns.

You would have got a bigger offer if you had stayed in a permanent role.

Specialist Contractor Mortgage Brokers

So, what about the second of the contractor mortgage options?

That’s the sensible one.

A specialist contractor mortgages broker will:-

a)  Get you a quote on production of your contract without having to show three worth of accounts to get a contractor mortgage

b)  Get you a quote based on your day rate annualised.

Your Contractor Mortgage Quote

So, if you got £500 a day, that would be £2,500 a week.

They would multiply that by 48 to get your annual ‘salary’. That would make your annual salary £120,000 a year.

They would then multiply that by 4 to get your specialist contractor mortgage offer.

So they would offer you a contractor mortgage of £480,000.

As you would have to put down a deposit of a minimum of 5% you are talking about being able to buy a property worth more than half a million pounds.

This is the best of the contractor mortgage options.

Specialist Contractor Mortgage Broker

Tony Harris has been getting contractors specialist contractor mortgages for years now.

Because his client contractor have been paying up and not defaulting, he can often get contractors mortgage rates at better than current market rates.

He can even get contractors mortgage offers on the very first day of their first ever contract.

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

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

House Prices to Rise by 30%

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House Prices to Rise

House prices to rise by 30% according to a new survey due to greater demand.

They are expected to rise by 30% over the next 5 years in the UK according to Rightmove, an online property portal.

House prices in London are expected to rise by 33% over the next 5 years despite signs of a recent cooling.

In the South East, house prices are predicted to rise by 37%. This will be caused by people moving out of the capital into commutable areas where the house prices are less onerous.

For instance, house prices in Southampton and Luton are expected to rise by 43% and 41%. They will rise in Brighton by 41% and Swindon by 40%.

The North West will see the slowest house price rises. However, they will still be up by 24%.

Good Time to Buy

This would be a good time to buy before house prices rise any more.

If you are looking to buy, contractors would be best to get quotes from specialist contractor mortgages brokers. Tony Harris  has been getting contractors mortgages for over 15 years.

For instance, if you walk into a high street bank or building society they will demand to see three years worth of accounts before they would even think of offering you and contractor mortgages.

Furthermore, they would also base their offer on your Director’s salary, which most contractors like to keep low.

Daily Rate Based Offers

Specialist contractor mortgages brokers can get you quotes based on your daily rate annualised. They would calculate your yearly income as Daily Rate x 5 x 48. Furthermore, they would then make you an offer of around 4 times that depending on circumstances.

With Help to Buy you can now get contractor mortgage offers of up to 95%.

It seems that Tony can get first time contractors contractor mortgages offers on the very first day of their very first day contracting. It seems that they can have the keys to their dream homes in just 4 to 6 weeks after starting their first contract.

To find out more about specialist contractor mortgages or to apply you should click on Specialist Contractor Mortgages

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

No Stamp Duty for first time buyers – Contractor Mortgages

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No Stamp Duty

The Halifax has launched a mortgage with no stamp duty for first time buyers.

Stamp duty acts as a significant barrier for potential homeowners. So, Chancellor George Osborne is under pressure to do something in his budget to help cash strapped first time buyers and movers with this most hated tax. Contractor friendly Lender Halifax have taken matters in to their own hands. They have launched a headline grabbing offer for first time buyers.

If you are purchasing a property up to the value of £250,000, you won’t need to pay stamp duty on certain mortgage rate schemes. So, this could reduce your buying costs by as much as £2,500. If your chosen property is under £125,001 then Halifax will pay £250 cash back. This is despite the fact that your property wouldn’t be liable for stamp duty tax.

Halifax have run similar schemes in the past that have helped over 14,000 first time buyers onto the ladder. So the Lender is expecting to see similar figures this time. If other lenders jump on the bandwagon then Osborne may end up with little say in the matter. The market would rally to allow thousands more buyers to purchase without stamp duty costs.

The real cost of stamp duty

Each year, more and more first time buyers are being pushed in to the stamp duty bracket as house prices edge up.

According to LSL, the average purchase price for first time buyers in January was £155,832. This was 16.4% higher than the same time last year.

In line with this increase in house prices, the average deposit that a first time buyer must save has also risen. It is now £500 higher at £27,519. This represents 75.1% of a first time buyer’s income. This is according to figures released in January 2014. So saving extra funds to cover stamp duty adds a huge additional financial burden and could delay a potential purchase.

Figures from TSB suggest that 22% of first time buyers don’t take the cost of stamp duty into account when they make an offer on a property. This could leave these potential homeowners in the awkward position of finding up to an extra 3% of the property value before completion. This may be a struggle for cash strapped first time buyers.

Contractor Mortgages from Halifax

With just a 10% deposit, and a £999 arrangement fee, first time buyers can access a 2 year fixed rate mortgage at 4.79%. If you can provide a larger deposit of around 15%, you will be able to access a 2 year fixed rate at just 3.04% with a £1499 arrangement fee. These competitive Contractor Mortgage rates are available immediately to first time buyers. The arrangement fee can be added to your mortgage in both cases. So you won’t need to pay it upfront.

There is no stamp duty.

You can also access the stamp duty offer if you are applying for a 95% mortgage from the Halifax Help to buy product range. This is great news for those Contractors that have struggled to save a large deposit.

Looking for a larger property or your next move? If you are buying a property over the value of £250,000 or are an existing homeowner looking to move, you won’t qualify for the stamp duty incentive from Halifax. However, you can access a wide range of competitive Contractor Mortgage rates.This includes a special rate with the Lender. This entails a fixed rate mortgage for 2 years at 1.79% with a £1499 fee if you have a 40% deposit.

Halifax are not the only Contractor friendly Lender so it is worth consulting a Contractor specialist Independent Financial Adviser. They will search the whole of the market to find the best rates available to suit your individual circumstances.

Contractor Mortgages Broker

Tony Harris is a Specialist Contractor Mortgages Broker. He has a special relationship with the Halifax. Therefore, he is able to get contractors better rates than they would get on the marketplace. He is able to do this because of the credibility he has built up with them. This is mainly because the contractors that he sends to them have paid up on their mortgages and not defaulted.

Normally if you approach a building society, or high street bank, on your own, as a contractor you will be told that you need three years worth of accounts. Furthermore, you will only get a mortgage offer based on your Director’s salary.

Contractor Mortgage Offers With No Stamp Duty

This wouldn’t be worth having. However, because of Tony’s credibility with the Halifax he can get mortgage offers for contractors just on production of their contract. Indeed, first time contractors can get specialist contractor mortgage offers on their very first day of their very first contract. He can also get them quotes based on their daily rate annualised (daily rate x 4 x 48 weeks) rather than Director’s salary.

This Halifax one is with no stamp duty.

To find out more or 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