Self-employed

Securing a mortgage “harder than arranging a wedding or parenting”

New research commissioned by LendInvest of 1,000 people across the UK, focusing primarily on...

Tandem Bank ups support for self-employed

Tandem Bank has announced its move to increase the LTV for self-employed clients from...

Meeting the needs of the self-employed

Historically speaking, self-employed borrowers have faced an uphill battle when it comes to securing...

Over a quarter of adults with complex incomes have been denied a mortgage

28% of adults with non-typical income streams, including those who are self-employed, freelance, or...

TML provides self-employed offer in 6 working days

The Mortgage Lender (TML) recently progressed a self-employed residential application to offer in six...

Rise in ‘unaffordable’ self-employed mortgages

The number of mortgage enquiries from self-employed applicants that failed to find one affordable...

MBT sees self-employed affordability at lowest level

Affordability for self-employed customers has dropped to its lowest level since records began, according...

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...

77% of self-employed concerned over mortgage prospects

Over three-quarters of self-employed people are concerned about their prospects of getting a mortgage,...

The self-employed have been marginalised from the mainstream

91% of brokers interviewed and polled for United Trust Bank’s new mortgage white paper...

SmartrCriteria sees surge in searches for self-employed clients

New data from Legal & General Mortgage Club’s SmartrCriteria tool has shown that searches...

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...

Vida improves criteria for contractors

Vida has unveiled a series of changes to its criteria for borrowers who are...

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries introduces new residential proposition

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries has revamped its residential mortgage offering to give wider access...
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COMMENT

Opinions & blogs

Housing reform needs a thriving private rental sector, not just a thriving sales and purchase market

One of the most encouraging developments over recent weeks has been the renewed focus on improving the homebuying and selling process. The Government's plans to...

The economics of developing the next generation of advisers

Over the past couple of decades, I have worked alongside literally thousands of AR and DA firms, from businesses employing one or two advisers...

Is Andy Burnham the New Messiah or just Starmer with better eyebrows?

What a damning indictment of Labour that Andy Burnham appears to be strolling towards the leadership in what looks less like a contest and...

Approvals hit a 2.5-year low: When broker value gets proven – or missed

Net mortgage approvals dropped to 56,200 in May – the lowest since December 2023 - down from 66,000 the month before. Net borrowing fell from...

Removing friction from the homebuying journey

One thing I keep hearing from our advisers is how much more work each case now generates, largely because so much of it involves...

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