Posts Tagged ‘Self-Cert Mortgages’

Spring looks rosy for first-time buyer mortgage deals

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

There are now over 150 mortgage deals offering 90% mortgages to first time buyers. The figures have doubled in 9 months, and there are more on the way, according to the Bank of England.

Doors unlock as lenders roll out first time buyer mortgages

Friday, February 5th, 2010

First Time Buyer Mortgages

Demands for large mortgage deposits, long regarded as the killer for cash-strapped first time buyers, is relaxing, and the number of available first time buyer mortgage deals is on the rise.

Mortgage seekers need rational advice – FSA

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

Good mortgage advice will make the mortgage market a safer place to be for consumers, even if that means encouraging homebuyers to be a little more ‘rational’ with regard to what they can afford, according to the Financial Services Authority (FSA).

Self-employed will still get a mortgage, says FSA

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

Self-employed workers have been assured that new proposals by the Financial Services Authority will not block them from obtaining a mortgage.

“The FSA’s proposals on self-cert mortgages will not block access to the market for the self-employed,” said Lesley Titcomb of the FSA this week.

Mortgages: Good news for first time buyers as lenders cut deposits

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

For first time buyers, the light at the end of the tunnel has been switched back on, as lenders appear more open to smaller deposits for first time buyer mortgages. The number of 10%-deposit mortgage deals has risen from 89 to 105 since March, while the number of products available with a 15% mortgage deposit [...]

Self-cert mortgage changes – mortgage association warns of ‘mortgage prisoners’

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has claimed that new proposals could reduce borrowers’ access to finance in the mortgage market.  The AMI, which represents advisers giving mortgage advice, was referring to new proposals by the financial regulator (Financial Services Authority FSA) seeking to tighten up lending criteria by more rigorous judgement of the ‘affordability’ [...]

Mortgage proposals will rein in lenders, end self-certified mortgages

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

New proposals by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) to regulate mortgage lending will require lenders to refuse mortgage applications that are beyond what the homebuyer can reasonably afford. However, the current FSA proposals stop short of imposing limits on the loan-to-value ratios of mortgages, which relate to the size of the mortgage as a percentage of the value of the property, and would [...]

Mortgage applications: Our top tips

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

Here are our top tips on how to make yourself ‘fitter’ and more attractive to mortgage lenders.

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