Specialist Mortgage Advice in Coventry

When a customer finds themselves experiencing a particularly difficult process and can’t seem to find a lender that is willing to accept their mortgage application, we will make sure we are on hand to provide expert mortgage advice in Coventry, using our knowledge to guide them throughout their mortgage journey.

As an open & honest mortgage broker in Coventry with a strong reputation for working hard for mortgage customers, we have spoken to countless individuals over the years, each with a wide variety of mortgage circumstances.

If somebody has come out to the property and performed a property survey on your potential new place to live, only to find out that you have offered (and had accepted) more than the property is worth, this is called a Property Down Valuation.

These situations are not entirely impossible to work with, they can just make the process a little more complicated than it would have been initially. There is a chance when this happens, that your lender may actually pull out of your deal. Luckily this can be worked around if you are able to make up the difference between your offer and the true value of the property.

If your relationship suddenly goes awry and you end up divorced or separating, making arrangements for any joint finances you have together, especially if one of those is a mortgage, can be quite a difficult process. It is important to make sure you sort all of this out as soon as you can. The longer you leave it, the more difficult it becomes.

If we segue from the previously mentioned scenario, you may look at the possibility of removing either yours or your ex-partners name from your current mortgage. Depending on whether or not one of you can afford this mortgage on your own, you may have limited options. Mortgage lenders will prefer two incomes and reluctantly reduce some of their own security.

If you are currently married and find yourself in the market for a mortgage on a home for both you and your partner, you will notice that a mortgage lender would much prefer to have two incomes if they can, for their own security, though it certainly is possible to obtain a mortgage in just a sole name.

The Shared Ownership Scheme is quite a helpful tool for potential mortgage applicants to be able to take out their mortgage as a share of the property instead of the full purchase price, as a percentage of the property. Generally speaking, this will be somewhere between 25-75% of the property purchase price, though this can be different.

Whether it’s the local council or the housing association, the third party who owns the remaining share will be paid back on a monthly basis as a rental fee, alongside the monthly mortgage repayments you make back to your mortgage lender.

Professional mortgages are only accessible by very specific professions across the United Kingdom. It is a specifically niche area of the mortgage market, so it is absolutely recommended that you get in touch with a qualified mortgage advisor in Coventry to learn more about this type of mortgage.

If you are considering taking out a mortgage on any additional properties, you will need to be able to prove to the mortgage lender that you are financially able to cover the costs of these mortgage payments at the same time. We are able to help you prepare for this.

Holiday lets are similarly functioning to buy to lets in Coventry, though the difference between the two is that a buy to let will usually have long term tenants, whereas holiday lets are known for having multiple short term tenancies.

Because of the nature of a holiday let, you may not be able to rent out your home at all during the off-seasons, as potential tenants may not be interested. The mortgage lender will need to have the utmost confidence in your ability to repay your mortgage in any situation, whether you have a tenant or not.

New builds are often quite a deal more costly to invest in than properties from other periods. If you are finding the initial step of saving up for the deposit to be quite a difficult step and you are a first time buyer in Coventry, you may benefit from using the Help to Buy Equity Loan Scheme as a way to find your footing on the property ladder.

A ‘non-standard’ property is what you would call a property that has not been built in a conventional way, say with bricks and mortar.

For a home buyer to take out a mortgage on a property such as this, you would need to be applying for an incredibly specialist mortgage deal. We would also very much recommend that you get a full structural property survey if you’re looking to buy this sort of property.

HMO mortgages are another variation of a buy to let in Coventry that will typically have between 4-6 tenants, functioning similarly to that of student housing. HMOs are often quite complex investments to work with. We would suggest obtaining specialist buy to let mortgage advice in Coventry prior to taking on a HMO property.

You may be able to release the equity that you have built up over a length of time. To convert that into personal funds, you’ll need to take out a Lifetime Mortgage, though this only applies to people past the age of 55, with properties worth over £70,000.

To learn more about this type of mortgage, speak with a specialist Later Life Mortgage Advisor in Coventry.

Offset mortgages will open up a savings account to run alongside your mortgage. This type of mortgage is generally considered to be quite a useful way of helping you to access competitive interest rates and various mortgage products that are available with different mortgage lenders.