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Contractors are better to fill out a mortgage application for a specialist contractor mortgages broker than to visit a high street bank or building society.

It would make a huge difference to contractors.

By doing this they can:-

Get mortgage offers based on their daily rate annualised rather than on Director’s Salary
Only have to produce their contract as proof rather than three years worth of accounts
Get better rates than the current market interest rates.

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Specialist Contractor Mortgage

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Specialist Contractor Mortgage

You should always get a specialist contractor mortgage rather than walking into a high street branch.

Many contractors make the mistake, when looking for a mortgage, of walking into their local High Street bank or building society and asking for a mortgage there.

What happens is that the lender is not used to dealing with contractors and has no specialist contractor mortgages. They then tell the contractor that they need to produce three years worth of accounts. Usually you must be a contractor for at least 4 years to have those.

If the contractor can’t provide those then that is a deal breaker. The contractor goes away believing that he, or she, has to wait a few years before applying for a mortgage.

Based on Director’s Salary

Even if the contractor has more than four years’ experience and can produce the accounts, the next obstacle that they face is that the high street bank or building society only count the amount that the contractor is paid as a director. They then multiply that annual salary by 3 or 4 to work out how much they should loan the contractors.

As we all know, contractors like to pay themselves as little as possible so that they can take more of their money in dividends.

What the contractor should have done is to contact a specialist contractor mortgages broker.

Daily Rate Annualised

They have a good reputation with those who loan money. So, they can get contractors a mortgage without having three years of accounts. This is very useful. That’s because one of the times when contractors want to buy a house is when they first start contracting and have more spare money.

The second way that the specialist contractor mortgages broker can help is that they can get contractors mortgages based on their overall income. It is based on their whole daily rate translated to an annual amount.

The multiple is on that sum and not on their director’s salary. This makes a huge difference on the mortgage offer.

So, it’s always wise to get a specialist contractor mortgage.

Here’s one of those Specialist Contractor Mortgages

First Time Buyers Advantage | Cheaper to Buy Than Rent

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First Time Buyers Advantage

Itis time to get a first time buyers advantage for contractors.

They can now get first time buyers contractor mortgages in the contractor mortgage market which suit them as much as all contractors looking for mortgages.

A survey by Halifax has revealed that buyers are £670 better off per year than those renting.

It was reported that the average monthly rent in June 2015 was £722 for a three bedroom property. This compares to a mortgage of £666 for the same size property.

Therefore the average first-time buyer’s monthly mortgage is 8% lower than the typical monthly rent.

Contractors Buying Property in London

Those buying in London could save up to a massive £81 per month this year. The average mortgage cost is £1,338 compared to the average rental cost of £1,419.

The financial benefits of buying versus renting has made quite a leap in the last 6 years.

During the credit crunch buying was 16% more than the average rental cost. This meant you would be paying out £1,154 a year more on your mortgage compared to renting.

Buying Cheaper than Renting

So why in 2015 is buying cheaper than renting?

So, there is now a first time buyers advantage because of historically low mortgage rates

Halifax reported that despite the typical price of a three bedroom house rising by 25% since 2009, mortgage rates have plummeted.

The average mortgage rate was 4.92% 6 years ago in comparison to today’s average mortgage rate of 2.91%.

Contractor Mortgage Market Rates

At the beginning of 2015 rates were at a record-breaking low. They were pushed down by the Bank of England’s base rate, which is currently hovering at 0.5%.

This resulted in a flood of competitive rates into the mortgage market. This enabled Contractor first time buyers to secure a mortgage with a small deposit and record-breaking low mortgage repayments.

Although the Greek crisis seems to be putting pressure on the Eurozone, which could also be delaying Britain first interest rate rise in 8 years, media reports reveal that the prospect of a hike are immanent as the UK’s economy strengthens.

Some high street lenders are already preparing themselves with mortgage rates slowly creeping up.

However the Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, has indicated that base rate rises will be a slow process. Despite the forthcoming increase there are plenty of competitive mortgages deals to be found.

Buying Property vs Renting

Buying your first home is the biggest decision you will ever make.

Many first time buyers find the whole prospect rather daunting. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reports that just 1 in 5 young buyers find the mortgage process easy.

Therefore it is essential to seek professional financial advice and weigh up the pros and cons before committing to a property purchase:-

Saving For a Deposit

– Saving for a deposit can be a struggle but help is at hand. There are Government schemes that help you purchase your first home with as little as a 5% deposit. Help to buy ISAs will also be launching in the Autumn which will help you save your deposit.

– It’s a big commitment but once you have paid off your mortgage your home will be yours.

– Home improvements can be costly but they can increase the value of your property. So it might be worth finding a project for your first home to help you move up the ladder later.

– If your home increases in value the equity may help you purchase a bigger property or fund your retirement pot.

– Buying can be cheaper than renting.

– If interest rates rise, your repayments will go up. It’s important to prepare for any rate rises and take advantage of cheap fixed rates whilst they last.

This is why there is a first time buyers advantage now.

Specialist Contractor Mortgages

Our partners are experts in helping Contractors to find a mortgage tailored to your unique needs and they have a wealth of experience and knowledge of contractor mortgages.

They are leaders in the specialist contractor mortgages market.

They can take the hassle out of finding the right mortgage rate for you. To find out more please click on Contractor Mortgage Application and fill in the form there.

Top contractor mortgage deals for UK Contractors

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Top Contractor Mortgage Deals

Our mortgage partners have negotiated a number of top contractor mortgage deals.

Is it a good time to go for a variable rate?

Many house owners are expecting the interest rates from their variable mortgages to rise within the next year or so which will increase their repayments. So, contractors would be best to take a fixed rate mortgage if they want the top contractor mortgage deals.

Our partners have got credibility in the specialist contractor mortgages market. This is because their contractors have made all their repayments and don’t tend to have to give back the keys.

This is, also, because most of them take fixed rate mortgages and don’t have the worry of repayments rising when interest rates go up. Therefore, it’s as good a time as any for contractors to take fixed rate loans.

Here’s a tip. Recently the difference between 2-year and 5-year fixed rate mortgages has narrowed. So, it would be a good idea for contractors to pay the little extra and fix for 5 years rather than just 2 years.

Specialist Top Contractor Mortgage Deals

Our partners have found a new lender in the specialist contractor mortgages market who have this top contractor mortgage deal:-

– A 2 year fixed rate at 2.29% based on an 85% LTV
– £999 arrangement fee that can be added to the mortgage
Or
– A 5 year fixed rate at 3.29% based on an 85% LTV
– £1,999 arrangement fee that can be added to the mortgage
Another great deal secure by our mortgage partners with yet another lender is for those who only have a 5% deposit and have been contracting for more than 3 years.
They are offering:
– A 3 years fixed rate at 4.99% based on a 95% LTV
– No arrangement fee

Specialist Contractor Mortgages

Our contractor mortgages partner’s advisers will give you the best advice on which options are best for you for top contractor mortgage deals.

So, to find out more, or to apply, fill in the mortgage form at the bottom of this page:-

Specialist Contractor Mortgages

First Time Buyers Mortgages Bonanza | Contractor Mortgages

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First Time Buyers Mortgages

We are seeing a real a boom in First Time Buyers Mortgages. 2015, already, looks like a great opportunity for Contractors to buy their own homes.

Now, our mortgage partners, have announced a new low start mortgage that’s only available here for contractors.

Property Market

Boris Johnson has just announced two new deals which will help First Time Buyers Mortgages and allow Londoners to get on the housing ladder for the first time.

Those who don’t live in London, therefore, don’t qualify for these offers. However, our partners are working on getting similar deals for contractors in other places in the UK.

Indeed, they have great news of another new first time buyers mortgages deal that is available to all contractors in the UK. This comes from a first time buyers mortgages deal they have with a mortgage lender.

Contractor First-Time Buyers Mortgages Deal

Mainly due to the Government’s Help to Buy scheme, the number of first time buyers is up by 50% in just 2 years. the Halifax Building Society say this sector is at a 7 year high. It predicts that 2015 will be even better.

In response to this our mortgage partners have found a contractor-friendly building society who are happy to provide low-deposit first time buyers mortgages.

This great offer is only available to contractors through our mortgage partners. It gives contractors a 5% deposit mortgage with it being interest-only for the first 3 years. That’s a pretty good deal in this market. It goes back to being a repayment mortgage after that.

Low Start Mortgage Deals

The low start mortgage offers:

–  A 3 year variable rate at 4.45% based on a 95% Loan to Value (LTV)
–  Or a 3 year variable rate at 3.75% based on a 90% LTV
–  Interest only for the first 3 years, reverting to repayments thereafter
–  Based on our specially negotiated income measure of annualised contract rate, don’t need to prove your income with 3 years accounts
– £500 arrangement fee that can be added to the mortgage
Free valuation on your chosen property
–  No penalty for overpayments, as long as you don’t repay the full mortgage amount within the first 3 years

First Time Buyers Mortgages Partner

Our mortgage partners don’t charge a fee for arranging your mortgage. Other specialist contractor mortgage brokers charge up to £695 as an arrangement fee. So, you get their advice free.

To find out more, or to apply, fill in the mortgage form on this page:-

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95% Specialist Contractor Mortgages now available for all Contractors

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95% Specialist Contractor Mortgages now available.

For years Tony Harris has been getting specialist contractor mortgages for IT Contractors. This was based on their daily rate rather than their Director’s salary the way a High Street Bank would calculate it.

Also, the contractors wouldn’t have to produce three years worth of accounts like they would have to with a High Street Bank.

He has a deal with a major contractor mortgage provider that uses his credibility with them to get contractors mortgages.

Types of Contractors such as Engineers, Bankers, Oil & Gas Workers, Construction Workers and Media Workers can now benefit from these specialist contractor mortgages now available. They are also available to Freelance Professionals such as Doctors, Nurses, Teachers, Accountants and Business Consultants. This is all based on Tony’s credibility with the lenders and the good business he has brough them in the past.

Previously all lenders based their lending on Director’s Pay. That is a lot less than their daily rate, with the exception of IT Contractors who had this deal before.

Contractor Mortgages Deal

So, how do you get one of these mortgages now available?

Firstly you must be earning a daily rate of at least £300 a day or £75,000 a year – and that’s basically it.

It doesn’t matter how long you have been contracting and you don’t have to produce accounts. Even if you are only a day into your first contract you can still apply. Tony tells me that he would expect you to be walking into your new house 4-6 weeks after you apply. He can get a decision in days.

Any contractor in any sector, no matter their experience, can now get 90% mortgages. They can take that to 95% using the Government’s Help to Buy scheme.

Interest Rates

The interest rates for the various loans are as follows:-

o 60% LTV mortgage at 2.29%,

o 75% LTV mortgage at 2.74%

o  85% LTV mortgage at just 3.74%.

There’s a £999 arrangement fee which can just be added to the loan.

Bigger Loan

In terms of the amount offered, this lender will beat the normal 4 times Director’s salary. They will make it 5 times the daily rate annualised.

So, if you are making £400 a day, that would be an annual rate of  £95,000 to £100,000. This would mean that you could get a mortgage offer of £475,000 to £500,000. You would get that just one day into your first ever contract.

Tony has a dedicated underwriter and case handler. This means he can get you a quote and an agreement in principle within hours of you contacting him. It has happened that contractors are in their new home within a week of their initial enquiry.

Pundits are panning the Government saying that they are going to cause a new housing boom due to their new Help to Buy policy. Furthermore, agents are reporting a major upturn in enquiries since Help to Buy was announced. This appears to be the time to buy or contractors may miss the boat.

How to Apply

To make further enquiries about mortgages now available or to ask for a quote based on your rate fill in the form at Specialist Contractor Mortgages and get your enquiry answered or a quote within a couple of hours or even quicker.

UK Contractor Mortgages surge in new Help To Buy boom

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95% UK Contractor Mortgages Surge

There’s been a contractor mortgages surge in the UK because of Help To Buy.

The demand for specialist contractor mortgages in the UK is soaring according to new figures. It seems that the average cost of a house in the UK is now £176,491 – up 0.7% in December from the previous month. It was predicted to rise by 0.6%.

Year on year, house prices were up by 8.8%. Tony Harris, a specialist contractor mortgages broker in the UK, is seeing contractor mortgages surge way above what it was even in the peak years up to 2007.

So, house prices are now just off their 2007 peaks – 4% off to be precise.

According to Howard Archer and economist at IHS Global Insight, “It is evident that the strength in house prices is spreading. This can only fuel concern that a new housing bubble could really develop in 2014.”

Help To Buy

It is the Help To Buy scheme that the Government has introduced that has caused this contractor mortgages surge in prices. It started in October and will remain in place for the next three years.

Prior to this, lenders were asking for deposits of 20% to 25% of the price of a house. This was keeping first time buyers out of the market.

Now, via its Help To Buy scheme, the Government is guaranteeing and subsidising the difference. That’s so that people can now get 95% mortgages again. This is fuelling a contractor mortgages surge.

UK Contractor Mortgages

This is causing an especial surge in the demand for specialist contractor mortgages in the UK. The 20% deposits had been a major problem for new contractors, who were now earning large sums of money. Many of them haven’t been saving long enough for a 20% deposit.

Tony Harris is able to get UK contractors mortgage offers on the very first day of their very first contract. All they need is their contract as guarantee and having contractor mortgage offers based on their daily rate x 5 x 48. The lenders then multiply this by up to 4, depending on their credit record, for the contractor mortgage offer.

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

New Help To Buy scheme – big take up

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New Help to Buy Scheme

It seems that 2,000 people have already put in offers for houses in the first month of the new Help To Buy scheme set up by the Government. The average price of the properties bid for is £163,000.

It appears that the new Help To Buy scheme is mainly attracting first time buyers. Lenders froze them out of the market when they were asking for deposits of 20% or more.

Over 75% of the applications are from outside London and the South East.

Using the Help To Buy scheme you can get loans needing just a 5% deposit for homes up to a value of £600,000.

First Time Buyers

More than three-quarters of the applicants are first time buyers. The typical applicant is in his or her early thirties.

According to David Cameron “Four weeks in and it’s clear that Help to Buy is already delivering. Seventy-five families every single day have been put on the path to owning their dream home.

“But the best thing about it isn’t the statistics. It’s who is really benefiting. Most Help to Buy applicants are first-time buyers, young and have a roughly average household income.”

It seems that 65% of all mortgage providers have now signed up to the scheme. It will last for three years. After that, it is hoped that lenders will be in a position, with a recovering economy, of being able to give out 95% mortgages by themselves.

How to Apply

We would advise UK Contractors seeking to use the scheme to use a specialist contractor mortgage broker. Because, if you walk into a high street bank they will want three years worth of accounts. Furthermore, they will also base the offer amount on your director’s salary.

The specialist mortgage brokers will get you a mortgage offer based just on your contract and on your daily rate annualised, e.g. Daily Rate x 5 x 48. They can then get you offers of up to 4 times that annualised rate.

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