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    Mortgage Help

    I have recently started contracting (been perm at the same company for 5 years before this), the contract is about a year on a day rate.

    I have setup a LTD company which is run a lot like everyone else here on the board.My question is, how easy is it for me to get a mortgage?

    I see a lot of companies offering to get your a mortgage even if you have not run your company for two years but am I correct in thinking that this is either false or dodgy?

    Also if it is possible to get a mortgage, what % deposit are they asking for?

    #2
    I got a mortgage direct with Santander no problem. IMO forget the middle men.
    "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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      #3
      Thanks for the quick response!

      How long were you contracting before you asked for the mortgage?

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        #4
        contractormoney sorted mine out no problem. Still on the tracker .75% above base.
        "Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. "


        Thomas Jefferson

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          #5
          Originally posted by SuPaStA View Post
          Thanks for the quick response!

          How long were you contracting before you asked for the mortgage?
          They needed 2 years of accounts but they were more interested with my employability/industry, which extended to 10 years of experience.
          "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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            #6
            Originally posted by Ruprect View Post
            contractormoney sorted mine out no problem. Still on the tracker .75% above base.
            I used them for before Santander, unfortunately this time round they massively overpriced the value of the house. Got the feeling that the professionalism I received some 5-6 years ago was replaced with sell sell sell...
            "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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              #7
              I'd hold off for a bit. House prices are going to go down for the next few months.
              ...my quagmire of greed....my cesspit of laziness and unfairness....all I am doing is sticking two fingers up at nurses, doctors and other hard working employed professionals...

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                #8
                Santander wanted 2 years accounts from me, even though I had been with them for 23 years!!

                Finally landed .49% above base for the term with them though, so pretty happy.
                Never has a man been heard to say on his death bed that he wishes he'd spent more time in the office.

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                  #9
                  save up, pay cash, buy cheap. You know it makes sense





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                  ("")("") Born to Drink. Forced to Work

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post
                    save up, pay cash, buy cheap. You know it makes sense

                    What my little scouse chum says.

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