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Mortgages For Junior Doctors
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If you are a junior doctor, then you are starting out in a well-respected profession where there are numerous opportunities for career progression, and where there is the potential for you to receive high earnings.
Therefore, some mortgage lenders are likely to be keen to lend to you. Some lenders will be willing to lend on the basis of your potential future earnings.
Interest only and capital repayment options will be available; as will fixed, discounted, tracker and capped rate options. When your initial rate comes to an end, it is likely you will be able to re-mortgage.
However, there are reasons why some lenders might be less keen on junior doctors as borrowers. Indeed, some of your colleagues might have spoken about their own difficulties in obtaining a mortgage.
At the start of your career, you may well be repaying a significant student debt. Your university studies will have lasted at least five years rather than the usual three, so this could affect your ability to make mortgage repayments.
You may also have a short-term training contract. While having a number of short contracts, placements and ‘rotations’ can be a great way of gaining experience of different environments in different hospitals, this irregular work pattern is not necessarily what a mortgage lender wants to see.
Your salary might be modest at present, and you might even be employed on a ‘zero hours’ basis. Much of your income might be in the form of overtime.
On occasions, you may also be required to take a break from work to attend specialist training courses.
Junior doctors frequently work very long hours. To get a mortgage, you will need to pass the lender’s affordability assessment, and this might mean it’s impossible for you to purchase a property in certain areas, but wherever possible, you might want to consider living as close to the hospital as possible. After a long shift, the last thing you want is a long journey home, especially if you are driving.
Because of the complex issues involved, you may need a specialist ‘professional’ mortgage rather than a standard mortgage, but you might need to approach a mortgage adviser to obtain one of these rather than just going to your local bank. You might not have heard of many of the lenders who offer some of the specialist mortgages that are available to junior medical professionals.
You need a broker and a lender that understand the challenges that newly qualified doctors face, so if you’re new to the mortgage market, and want someone to guide you through the options available, then it’s a good idea to consult a professional mortgage adviser.
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