Scottish Building Society Contractor Mortgages - Help and FAQs
Here at LENDERmonitor we receive regular similar questions from visitors enquiring about whether Scottish Building Society offer contractor mortgages. We collated some of the more common contractor mortgage questions but if you have any specific questions about Scottish Building Society and contractor mortgages please complete our enquiry form and we see if we can arrange for an expert to contact you directly.
I am looking for some mortgage advice. I am currently a media contractor, One year into a 2 contract. However, I'm unlikely to be moved onto a permanent contract until around March time. So I suppose my query is, will Scottish Building Society even consider me for a mortgage before then? Is there such thing as a ‘contractor mortgage’?
I’m in a bit of an onerous situation in as much as I and my partner are both self-employed (contractors) without any great accounts to show, although things are on the up I hope for this to change shortly. Basically my question for you is how hard would it be to get a 85k contractor mortgage with a lender such as Scottish Building Society?
What criteria does a mortgage lender (for example Scottish Building Society) adopt to class a borrower as a contractor or self-employed. For instance does one have to own over a particular percentage of a company?
As contractor looking for a mortgage with Scottish Building Society will they want to assess my experience, my history of contracting, the length of my current contract and the likelihood of it being renewed? If so I will start to get the paperwork together.
My existing mortgage lender had given us consent to let. My situation changed last year, I started my own company and started working as a contractor. Are you able to recommend a lender who specialises in contractor mortgages?
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