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Mortgages For Accountants
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Employed accountants will usually prove their income to a mortgage lender in the usual way by submitting three to six months’ worth of payslips.
Many accountants are self-employed, however, either as sole traders or in partnerships, so this presents additional challenges around proving income when applying for a mortgage. As with any other self-employed applicant, you can expect your application to be assessed on the basis of your net profit, with the lender perhaps using the average of the last three years’ profits to take account of any periods when you may have had less work. Fluctuating earnings might be expected in the early years as you seek to establish your business, so if you’re newly self-employed, you might not be able to borrow as much.
Some lenders will accept applicants on the basis of just the previous year’s income, but if you want your application to be assessed on this basis, the choice of available products will be reduced.
You will need to produce accounts or SA302 tax returns to demonstrate your net profit. Any accounts will need to be prepared by another chartered/certified accountant.
In recognition of the high earnings potential associated with the accountancy profession, you may be able to borrow a significant sum, perhaps five times your income, or even higher.
You may be able to borrow up to 95% of the property value for a residential mortgage and up to 80% of the property value for a buy-to-let mortgage.
Interest only and capital repayment options will be available; as will fixed, discounted, tracker and capped rate options. Some products will also offer flexible features such as payment holidays and offsetting. When your initial rate comes to an end, it is likely you will be able to re-mortgage. Assuming you have a good credit history, you are likely to be able to secure a competitive interest rate.
These attractive options may be available to newly qualified and experienced accountants alike.
By consulting a mortgage adviser you could have access to a number of additional products. There are a number of specialist lenders - who aren’t on the high street, and whose names might not be familiar to you – who offer ‘professional’ mortgages, which are specifically designed for accountants such as yourself and members of the other professions.
A professional mortgage broker can identify the best solutions from lenders that will take into account all of your sources of income to help you secure a mortgage offer. They can help you identify how much you need to borrow and what you can reasonably afford to repay.
Many of the lenders that specialise in providing mortgages for professionals are not well-known high street names, and the only way you can obtain a mortgage with them is via an adviser.
Your adviser can then assist you once again when it’s time to consider re-mortgaging.
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The team at Clifton Private Finance has been outstanding, not only in helping me to obtain a mortgage on a slightly unusual home, but also in continuing to provide support and liaise with the lender and solicitors through to completion. Thank you for making the process of buying my first home much easier.
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My advisor, Robert, was very helpful in finding the mortgage to suit me. He kept me up to date throughout the process and dealt with any issues when they arose.
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