Mortgage & Refinancing Information

What is a Self-Employed Mortgage?


Self-employed mortgages, as the term implies are mortgages designed for those that are self-employed. Traditionally it's been more difficult for the self-employed to get mortgages.

Mortgage lenders preferred to see the regular income guaranteed by employment. However this has changed in recent years. There are now mortgage lenders who specialise in the self-employed market.

If you are self-employed or unable to prove your income, it can be difficult finding a suitable mortgage. There are a number of reasons why it is often more difficult for those in such situations, the main ones are that the income of the person tends to fluctuate, and they are unable to prove their income like those regularly employed who can produce payslips.

Self-employed people may experience a problem finding a mortgage. Those in standard full-time employment are basically guaranteed to be paid, and can get references from their employer as well as be able to show their payslips therefore proving their income. Mortgage lenders like this as it cuts down their risks.

If you are self-employed or working on a short-term contract, you could be financially solvent, and able to keep up payments easily, but that doesn't make it easy for you to prove that you will keep up payments to your mortgage lender. They want to know that that you will be able to keep up payments for a full term, usually 25 years, not just over the next year.

If you have no proof of income because you are self-employed and do not have three years worth of accounts it is unlikely that any high street mortgage lender will offer you a mortgage.

Being self-employed , and not having a regular or provable income needn't prevent you from getting the mortgage that you need, there are specialist lenders in the market who offer mortgages for these circumstances.

There are lenders that will offer you a mortgage on basis that you self certify your income, nevertheless, you'd still need to have a sizeable deposit to put down to lessen the lenders risk. For this deposit of 15-20% the lenders do not check employment records or ask for your accountant to clarify your earnings.

Mortgage lenders will want to see three years audited accounts from a certified accountant before they consider a mortgage for the self-employed. If you do not have three years accounts you may be able to get a self-certification mortgage by declaring your income. You have to provide a certificate from your accountant for your last few years' mortgage statements.

Some specialist mortgage lenders have targeted the self-employment mortgage market by providing some solutions that offer a more flexible approach to match the working pattern of someone who is self-employed. This means that they accept that when you are self-employed you may enjoy periods of high income but you may also suffer from periods of low income. Your mortgage should reflect that, enabling you to overpay and underpay when you need.

Those with a reasonable amount of deposit but unable to show their true earnings would suit this type of mortgage.

You may freely reprint this article provided the author's biography remains intact:

About The Author

John Mussi is the founder of Direct Online Loans who help UK homeowners find the best available loans via the http://www.directonlineloans.co.uk website.


MORE RESOURCES:

Sydney Morning Herald

Microsoft's Ballmer to CES: keep investing in tech despite ...
Scientific American - 1 hour ago
Las Vegas , NEV. -- In his first ever CES keynote, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer yesterday acknowledged the tough economic times, but urged companies not to ...
Microsoft: the year ahead ComputerWeekly.com
Tech jobs: waiting for the axe to fall Financial Times
Microsoft releases Windows Server 2008 R2 beta VNUNet.com
TechNewsWorld - TechFlash
all 983 news articles


Thomas, McNerney & Partners Promotes Three Members of Its ...
SYS-CON Brasil, NJ - 37 minutes ago
Thomas, McNerney & Partners is a health care venture capital firm with approximately $600 million under management, focused on investing in life science and ...


New T. Rowe Price mutual fund eyes global investment
Bizjournals.com, NC - Jan 7, 2009
T. Rowe Price Group Inc. is launching a new mutual fund seeking reward amid the risks of global fixed-income investing. The Strategic Income Fund will ...


US investment in IT would create jobs, group says
ITworld.com, MA - 22 hours ago
by Grant Gross A US$30 billion investment by the US government in broadband, health IT and smart energy grids would create or retain nearly a million jobs, ...
New ITIF Report Documents How $30 Billion IT Stimulus Package ... eGov monitor
$30B IT Stimulus Will Create Almost 1 Million Jobs Slashdot
all 32 news articles


Express from The Washington Post

You Are About to Make a Bad Investment
Motley Fool - Jan 7, 2009
Across 10 asset classes, over a near-40-year time horizon, and in increments of three, five, and 10 years, there's one investment vehicle that made for a ...
Wednesday's Biggest Stock Stars Motley Fool
Tough Times, Great Opportunities Motley Fool
A Look Inside the Investor's Brain Motley Fool
Motley Fool - Motley Fool
all 152 news articles


Appleseed Fund Ranked by Lipper as Top Performing Midcap Value ...
CNNMoney.com - 3 hours ago
"Since the Appleseed Fund's inception, we've shown it's possible to outperform the market by investing in companies with strong sustainability records and ...


Greentech Media

Investment in Clean Technology Suffers Steep Quarterly Decline
Wall Street Journal - Jan 6, 2009
By JIM CARLTON Venture-capital investment in clean technology fell 35% in the fourth quarter from the prior quarter amid the economic slowdown, the steepest ...
2008 Cleantech Venture Investment Reached $8.4 Billion North American Windpower
Cashing In on Clean Technology Inc.com
Clean Technology Venture Investment Reaches Record $8.4 Billion in ... Earthtimes (press release)
EE Times Deutschland - SustainableBusiness.com
all 31 news articles


CNBC

Slide in 401(k)s Spurs Calls for Change
Wall Street Journal - 1 hour ago
Another proposed automatically investing contributions in an index fund that holds stocks and bonds, with the mix getting more conservative as workers ...
After market drubbing, 401(k) reconsidered Tampabay.com
all 4 news articles


Global Investing Roundups
Money Morning - 11 hours ago
... to the underlying hidden order of the markets, this strategy can be used to predict the movement of any investment - to the penny - with 95% accuracy. ...
Emerging-Market Funds Lose Record $48.3 Billion Bloomberg
all 17 news articles


BlackRock Revenue Inches Up in Third Quarter
TheStreet.com - 2 hours ago
To improve its enterprise investment platform, Aladdin, BlackRock closed the acquisition of Impact Investing, a provider of equity portfolio management and ...

Investing - Google News

home | site map
© 2006