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Buying your first home: the practical order
A step-by-step plan for your deposit, affordability, property checks and mortgage application.
Explore 02Self-employed mortgage documents
A checklist to make the accounts, tax records and current trading tell the same story.
Explore 03Can you get a mortgage with one year of accounts?
A shorter trading history calls for careful evidence and a realistic lender conversation.
Explore 04Retained company profits and mortgage income
How to prepare for a discussion about earnings kept in a company.
Explore 05Product transfer or remortgage?
A practical comparison of staying with your lender and moving elsewhere.
Explore 06Fixed rate or tracker?
Compare payment certainty, flexibility and exposure to rate changes.
Explore 07Buying a rental property: the finance checklist
Separate the lender’s rental test from the investment’s real running costs.
Explore 08Bridging costs: gross loan to net funds
Understand what is deducted and what you need to repay at the exit.
Explore 09Using a deposit held overseas
Prepare a clear trail from the original source to the account used for completion.
Explore 10The UK property buying process
A practical overview, with England and Wales as the main example.
Explore 11A practical UK market-entry plan
A sequence for clarifying the business before setting up the administration.
Explore 12Property due diligence: a working checklist
Questions to take to the relevant professionals before a purchase or funding commitment.
Explore 13What to watch before your next mortgage decision
A practical reading list for rates, lender criteria and the costs that affect your own case.
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