Tag: self employed

Being self-employed should not stop you getting a mortgage

There are many concerns in the current climate relating to job security and especially how lenders look at the self-employed following lockdown with regards to consistency of ongoing income and customer base. The growth of self-employment, contracting and the gig economy has continued to challenge and change the make-up of the UK workforce over the […]

Being self-employed shouldn’t affect you getting a mortgage

A large myth suggests that because you are self-employed, you will find it harder to get a mortgage. Maybe that was so a few years ago, but not today. Yes, the financial crash took its toll on the self-employed and quite rightly killed off the ‘self certification’ type deals (no proof of income). But today […]