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Contractor Mortgage Quote
UK Contractors can get a specialist contractor mortgage quote one the same day they apply.

That’s how quickly it can be done. They can be in their dream home around 4 to 6 weeks after they applied for a mortgage from one of those brokers who specialise in he contractor mortgages market.

Indeed, it has been known that first time contractors have moved into their dream home just two weeks after starting their first ever contract.

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Specialist Contractor Mortgage Brokers
That’s through getting a mortgage through specialist brokers in the contractor mortgage market.

Not only is it the best way for a contractor to get a mortgage, it is normally the best way for a contractor to get the best interest rates and the best mortgage deals.

This specialised market began ten years ago with IT Contractors. However, in the last year, or so, it has spread to all contractors.

Contractors were previously seen as to risky to lend to, becasue of the precariousness of their income.
Contractors Paying Their Mortgages
However, contractors have given the lie to this by making their regular monthly mortgage payments through hell and high water, i.e. whether they are working or not.

Also, they have a low level of default on their mortgages.

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This is surprising considering that they may spend periods on the bench.

However, it has been a major bonus for those contractors who have come after them.
New Contractors Getting Good Mortgage Offers
It means that these new contractors are able to take advantage of the good track record of the older contractors for paying up, in terms of getting the best mortgage offers and the best deals.

More and more mortgage lenders are deciding that contractors are good people to make a loan to.

Better and better deals are coming onto the market for contractors at better and better rates.

Get yourself a contractor mortgage quote now and see what’s there.

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Contractor Mortgages – how long do you have to be a Contractor to get one?

Posted on June 19, 2016 by admin

How Long

Contractors always want to know how long you have to be a contractor to get one.

Tony Harris is a specialist contractor mortgages broker. He has been getting contractors mortgages for years. We have heard tales of people walking into high street banks to get a mortgage only to be told that they need to have 3 years accounts with them to qualify.

Many contractors want contractor mortgages soon after they become contractors. With their new-found wealth that comes as a bit of a blow. So we asked Tony the question.

How long do you have to be contracting to get a mortgage? I heard you need three years worth of accounts.

Applying for a Mortgage

Said Tony, “It is true that if you apply for a mortgage yourself on the high street, you will almost certainly need to have access to several years accounts. You will also need to show a steady or rising income from contracting in this time.

“However, we base your mortgage on a multiple of your contract rate alone. We simply need a copy of your current contract, a bank statement and proof of ID to secure your mortgage. The great news is that we can get you a mortgage on your very first day as a Contractor!”

Specialist Contractor Mortgages

So, how long was I told? I wish I’d known Tony when I first wanted to buy a house and get a mortgage after I turned contractor.

I went to a bank. They told me I needed three years of accounts. I thought that was that. Houses in my area in Maida Vale went up from £18,000 for the one I wanted to £96,000 before I was able to buy one.

It’s great that these specialist contractor mortgages are available now.

To get further information or to apply for a mortgage, fill in a form here and they will get back to you:- Contractor Mortgages

Contractor Mortgages Lender Allows for Breaks Between Contracts

Posted on April 12, 2016 by admin

Contractor Mortgages Lender

In a new breakthrough, a brand new lender has turned the contractor mortgages market upside down.

It used to be that it was very difficult to get a mortgage if you were a contractor.

Many contractors, with their new contract rates, double what the earned as permies, expected to be welcomed with open arms by high street banks and building societies.

However, they were seen as risks by them. Contractors had to produced three years of accounts which scuppered new contractors for several years.

Specialist Contractor Mortgages brokers

I know. It happened to me when I first started contracting. I was shocked.

Offer based on Director’s Salary

What’s more they only offered you mortgages based on a multiple of contractors’ director’s salary.

As we all know contractors like to keep this as low as possible. They don’t want to hit the upper rate of tax and so take much of their money in dividend payments.

You would have been better off applying for a mortgage as a permie before you went contracting.

Contractor Mortgage Brokers

However, in the past decade specialist contractor mortgage brokers have sprung up.

They have convinced mortgage lenders to loan to contractors.

Contractors could now get mortgage offers based on their daily rates instead of director’s salary

They could also get mortgage approval with just their contract as proof rather than having to produce three years worth of accounts.

Many contractors are taking advantage of these offers obtained through these specialist mortgage brokers.

Contractor Mortgages UK based on daily rate annualised

This was much better for contractors – although the lenders were still a little conservative.

Bluestone Mortgages

Now, a new lender, Bluestone Mortgages, backed by the private equity arm of Lloyd’s Bank, have come up with a mortgage much suited to contractors.

This new flexible contractor mortgage would suit those contractors who like to take time off between contracts.

Even more importantly, it will suit those forced to take time off between contractors.

Many a sleepless night has been spent by contractors who have all their bills to pay whilst not knowing when they will get their next contract.

Breaks in Contract Work

Bluestone Mortgages are showing a great understanding of the contracting profession.

Previously contractors would find it difficult to get a mortgage if they had any break in contract work in the past year.

Now Bluestone Mortgages will allow up to a 6 month break in the past year.

They will also take a flexible view of any missed payments that are on a contractor’s credit file.

Knowing how contracting works they are even accepting the odd serious credit transgression showing on the contractor’s credit file.

Best Mortgage Deals that UK contractors can get

Major Breakthrough

This is great news for contractors and a major breakthrough in the specialist contractor mortgage market.

This new contractor mortgages lender is the perfect fit for contractors of any mortgage lender so far.

To find out more from the specialist contractor mortgages broker who negotiated this deal with Bluestone Mortgages simply fill in the form below and someone will be in touch.

Please click on Contractor Mortgage Application and fill in the form there.

Contractor Mortgages | Which Contractor Mortgage?

Posted on April 10, 2015 by admin

Which Contractor Mortgage?

People often ask us which contractor mortgage should a contractor choose?

What most contractors do is to walk into a high street bank or building society and ask for a mortgage. This is a huge mistake. They will tell you two things:-

1. You need to produce three years worth of accounts

2. The contractor mortgage offer will be based on a multiple of your Directory’s salary.

No matter which contractor mortgage you get it would be worse than if you would have got as a permanent employee.

Shock to Contractors

This will come as a shock to contractors – especially those that have been contracting for less than 3 years. Indeed, when I was told the above, a good few years ago, I just gave up for many years looking to own my own house.

I would have been better staying as a permie as I would have got a better mortgage offer. I wished that I had bought a house or flat PRIOR to becoming an IT contractor.

Of course, this was before the days of specialist contractor mortgages. Tony Harris started that market just over ten years ago.

He went to lenders and asked them to fund specialist mortgages for IT Contractors. This took lenders aback and shocked at his temerity in asking for long-term mortgages for people, i.e. IT Contractors, who had insecure jobs. This could be a disaster for them, they thought.

Which Contractor Mortgage for Tony

However, this could potentially be a very lucrative market for them as there were a growing number, now measured in the hundreds of thousands, of IT Contractors in the UK.

So, Tony managed to get one lender to dip their toe (the very edge of their big toe) in the water to test specialist contractor mortgages to see if it would work.

And work it did!

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They found that IT contractors paid their monthly mortgage instalments at least as well as anyone else and didn’t default on their mortgages during hard times.

So, they started lending more IT Contractors money for specialist contractor mortgages. Then Tony started to get other lenders to loan money to IT Contractors after this initial success.

It meant that he was able to get better and better rates for IT contractors as the lenders fought each other to get into this new lucrative market. Remember this when you are considering which contractor mortgage you should get.

Mortgages for All Contractor Now

Within the last couple of years Tony was able to get these lenders to extend loans to all contractors and not just IT Contractors.

The deal he has got with them is much better than the deal that contractors would get if they walked into a high street bank or building society.

The main points of the deal are:-

1. Contractors would not need three years worth of accounts. All the proof they would need to offer contractors a mortgage would be the contractor’s contract.

2. The offer would be based on the contractor’s daily rate annualised. That is Daily Rate x 5 x 48 x 4.

Contractor Mortgage Offers

They can now get contractors mortgage offers on the same day that the contractor contacts them.

Indeed they can get first time contractors a mortgage offer on the very first day of their very first contract. It means that they can get the keys to their dream house approximately four weeks after their first day on a contract.

Indeed, in one case they got one first time contractor into his dream house just two weeks after starting his first ever contract.

Tony has so much credibility with lenders now that he can often get contractors mortgages at better than market rates.

Help to Buy Mortgages

With the advent of Help to Buy mortgages, he can get contractors 95% mortgages.

So, which contractor mortgage should you look for – one from a high street bank or building society – or one from a specialist contractor mortgage broker like Tony?

I think that one’s a no brainer!

To find our more about these specialist contractor mortgages click on Contractor Mortgage Application and fill in the form there.

First Time Buyers Property Boom on back of Help to Buy

Posted on February 19, 2015 by admin

First Time Buyers Property Boom

A first time buyers property boom has sent the property market soaring. Prior to the Help to Buy scheme being brought in by the Government, contractors were having to stump up 20% to 25% deposits if they wanted to buy a house or apartment. As you can imagine, most first time buyers could not afford that.

Therefore, these high deposits pretty much excluded first time buyers from the market and they are normally the lifeblood of the property market.

Laws of Supply and Demand

If you cut the demand for a commodity then, if the supply stays the same, the price decreases. Equally, according to the economic Laws of Supply and Demand, if you increase the demand for a commodity, and the supply remains the same, then the price goes up.

That is why house prices were previously falling and now they are rising.

With the addition of first time buyers to the market the demand has increased and so the prices have been rising. This has been because of a first time buyers property boom.

House Prices Rising

Recent figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have shown that house prices rose by 9.% in 2014.

Mortgage lenders have reported that this first time buyers property boom has led to a record level of mortgages sold to first time buyers.

The average house price is now £272,000 – up £22,000 in just a year.

Specialist Contractor Mortgages Market

There’s also a first time buyers property boom in the specialist contractor mortgages market, according to specialist contractor mortgages broker Tony Harris.

He has been getting contractors mortgages for years. You are always better to use a specialist contractor mortgages broker. They can get contractors the best deals.

He can get contractors mortgages based on their daily rate annualised times 4. All they have to do is produce a copy of their contract.

If contractors went to a high street bank or building society they would ask them for 3 years worth of accounts. Any offer would be based on their Director’s Salary too.

To find our more click on Specialist Contractor Mortgages

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Contractor Mortgage Options for UK Contractors

Posted on December 15, 2014 by admin

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

Posted on December 3, 2014 by admin

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%

Posted on October 12, 2014 by admin

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

95% Specialist Contractor Mortgages now available for all Contractors

Posted on August 29, 2014 by admin

Mortgages Now Available

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.

Specialist Contractor Mortgages broker predicts a boom year ahead

Posted on November 9, 2013 by admin

Specialist Contractor Mortgages Broker

Specialist Contractor Mortgages broker, Tony Harris, sees a boom year ahead in 2014. Tony, who has been getting contractor mortgages for years at better than market rates, said “The market could be flying next year as there’s a heck of a lot more optimism”.

Tony is the first port of call for contractors whom the hight street bans have put off when they demand three years worth of accounts and only giving quotes of a multiple of their directors’ salaries, which are deliberately kept low to avoid tax.

Help To Buy

The big show in town now is Help To Buy. It is this that has set the market in motion with house prices already heading north. For years lenders weren’t lending except to people who could put up 20% or 25% of the money. That kept first time buyers out of the market and they are crucial to the housing market.

Now the Government is guaranteeing 20% of the money. That means that lenders can now offer 95% mortgages again So, that brings a lot more people into the market. The economic Laws of Supply and Demand say that if you increase the Demand and the Supply stays the same then the price of a commodity (in this case houses) will rise.

Help to Buy will be in place for three years so house prices are expected to soar. A recovering economy will also send house prices north.

Under Starters Orders

Phase 1 of the Government’s plan was to only offer the help with new houses. This was to help boost the construction industry as well as the housing market.

They were going to bring Help To Buy Phase 2 in on January 2014 for existing houses. However, they have brought it forward to October 2013. Buyers are now under starters orders and hoping to get in before house prices head further north.

With Tony’s credibility as a specialist contractor mortgages broker with lenders he can get contractor mortgages quotes from brokers almost immediately. All he needs is a copy of the contract rather than three years of accounts. He also gets contractors mortgages based on their daily rate annualised (daily rate x 5 x 48 x 4) rather than based on their directors’ salary. He can get first time contractors quotes on their very first day of their very first contract.

For more info, or to get a quote from a specialist contractor mortgages broker, fill in the form here Specialist Contractor Mortgages

Government Help to Buy Scheme makes one-way-bet

Posted on June 28, 2013 by admin

Government Help to Buy Scheme

The Government Help To Buy scheme is sending the number of Contractor Mortgages soaring to even greater heights than the peak of the boom in 2007. The Government Help to Buy scheme is where the Government underwrites 20% of the mortgage so that customers can get 95% mortgages again.

The Government are doing it to boost the housing market and the economy. Most of all, though, they are doing it to increase the feelgood factor and get themselves re-elected.

Pundits have criticised the Government saying that the Government Help to Buy scheme will create a housing boom. However, that is what the Government intended.

House Price Increases

Nationwide have just released figures showing that house prices have increased by 4% in the first six months of the year. In London house prices are now 5% above what they were at the peak of the boom in 2007. The rest of the country is still 9% below that peak.

There has never been a better time to buy, though, with the Government committed to fuelling a house price boom. The Government Help to Buy scheme is to last for 3 years at which point a recovering economy should keep prices moving ahead.

Interest rates have never been lower at around 4% for a mortgage. This is definitely the time to go for a fixed-rate mortgage.

Specialist Contractor Mortgage Brokers

It is also better to use specialist contractor mortgage brokers. They are much better at getting contractor mortgages than the high street banks or building societies. Contractors don’t have to produce three years worth of accounts but merely their contract.

Indeed they can get these specialist contractor mortgages on the very first day of their very first contract.

They can get a quote of up to 4 times their daily rate annualised (daily rate x 4 x 48). Most banks and building societies, who don’t have experience of contractors, base it on Director’s salary.

To get more information or to ask for a quote click on Specialist Contractor Mortgages