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Self-employed
Rise in ‘unaffordable’ self-employed mortgages
The number of mortgage enquiries from self-employed applicants that failed to find one affordable...
13 March 2023
MBT sees self-employed affordability at lowest level
Affordability for self-employed customers has dropped to its lowest level since records began, according...
4 January 2023
TML provides complex self-employed FTB offer in five days
The Mortgage Lender (TML) has outlined its approach in dealing with self-employed applications, moving...
15 December 2022
77% of self-employed concerned over mortgage prospects
Over three-quarters of self-employed people are concerned about their prospects of getting a mortgage,...
6 December 2022
The self-employed have been marginalised from the mainstream
91% of brokers interviewed and polled for United Trust Bank’s new mortgage white paper...
19 October 2022
SmartrCriteria sees surge in searches for self-employed clients
New data from Legal & General Mortgage Club’s SmartrCriteria tool has shown that searches...
30 May 2022
Self-employed twice as likely to be rejected for a mortgage
Self-employed individuals are twice as likely to be rejected for a mortgage, according to...
25 May 2022
Vida improves criteria for contractors
Vida has unveiled a series of changes to its criteria for borrowers who are...
4 April 2022
Kent Reliance for Intermediaries introduces new residential proposition
Kent Reliance for Intermediaries has revamped its residential mortgage offering to give wider access...
3 April 2022
Brokers reveal most problematic mortgage applications
Research by broker forum, cherryplc.co.uk, has found that mortgage applications for self-employed clients and...
17 March 2022
Newcastle Intermediaries relaunches deals for newly self-employed
Newcastle Intermediaries has unveiled a new range of mortgages exclusively for self-employed applicants with...
7 March 2022
Clydesdale simplifies self-employed documentation requirements
Clydesdale Bank has reduced the documentation required to support applications from self-employed customers. The lender...
24 January 2022
Skipton reverts to pre-Covid self-employed contractor policy
Skipton Building Society is changing policy to make it easier for self-employed contractors when...
6 December 2021
Hinckley & Rugby ups maximum self-employed LTV
Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has increased the loan to value (LTV) is offers...
2 December 2021
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