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Can I Get A Mortgage With Commission Income?
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Louis Mason
Louis Mason
Louis Mason is Marketing and Communications Director at Oportfolio Mortgages and has more than ten years of experience working within financial services. Louis oversees Oportfolio’s marketing and communications, producing and managing mortgage-related content across the website, including guides, news articles, market commentary and case studies. He works closely with Oportfolio’s mortgage advisers and other industry professionals to turn complex mortgage and property topics into clear, accessible information for borrowers. His writing covers a broad range of subjects including mortgage affordability, first-time buyers, remortgaging, buy-to-let, high-net-worth and complex mortgages, lender criteria and developments in the UK mortgage and property markets.
Remortgage For Home Improvements
Learn how remortgaging for home improvements works, how to release equity from your property, and whether borrowing more on your mortgage could help fund renovations.
Can I Get A Mortgage With RSUs, Bonuses And Share Income?
Can you use RSUs, bonuses and share income when applying for a mortgage? Learn how lenders assess complex income and why choosing the right lender can make a huge difference.
Can Lenders Cancel My Mortgage Application?
As a direct result of the mini budget announced by Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng a few days ago, the mortgage world has been thrown into a state of panic to put it lightly. Despite there not actually being any reason to panic at the moment,...
Fewer Mortgage Products Means Less Options
A drastic drop in mortgage products on the market has encourage an influx in mortgage searches according to mortgage fintech website Twenty7tec. More and more mortgage products have rapidly left the market over the last few days, weeks, and months as a result of...
What Is Competent Adviser Status (CAS)?
*Please note that we are not currently hiring any mortgage advisors or providing any training Today, people need mortgage advisers and financial advisers in general, more than ever. The mortgage market is a bit of a mine field at the moment, to put it lightly. And to...
Surge In Long Remortgage Deals Identified
A recent investigation by Comparethemarket has found that a third of homeowners who are due to remortgage at the end of their fixed deal would want a long term fixed remortgage deal to combat the rising cost of living. The study shows that 32% of existing mortgage...
Virgin Money and Skipton Pull New Mortgages
Mortgage lenders Virgin Money and Skipton for intermediaries have pulled new mortgage deals from their lending portfolios as the financial market goes into turmoil. Well known mortgage lenders Virgin Money and Skipton have announced that they are temporarily...
Could There Be An Emergency Base Rate Rise?
Could we see an emergency base rate rise imposed on us by the Bank of England? Liz Truss's new Conservative government and her recently appointed Chancellor's mini budget released at the end of last week has caused the economy to go into a state of panic and now the...
Fees For Buying A Property. Are They Worth It?
Something that is often overlooked when purchasing a property by many are the fees that can be associated with it. The majority of people who buy a house or an apartment need a mortgage and the majority of people who need a mortgage will need insurance. But,...
How Long Does It Take To Get A Mortgage Approved
One of the most common worries that people have when buying a property, is how long will it take for the mortgage to be approved? It doesn't matter if you are a first-time buyer, second, third, fourth time buyer, or even a serial landlord. The fear that your...
Do I Need An Airbnb Mortgage?
Purchasing a property for the sole purpose of letting it out for short term holidays or short term business breaks has become increasingly popular in recent years, thanks primarily to the holiday let conglomerate Airbnb. So what do you need to do if you want to...
Foreign Nationals With Foreign Income – Case Study
Key facts: Clients were both foreign nationals, originally from countries outside of the UK. One is an EEA national and the other was not. They moved to London a few years ago and had been renting for a while. Now that they had both established themselves in the UK...
How Age Impacts Mortgages
When it comes to getting a mortgage, there are a few rules and regulations that you need to follow and different lenders have different criteria. Each lender's criteria helps safe guard themselves from potential risks when lending money and also safe guards...
House Prices Expected To Fall?
According to a statement from the Centre for Economic and Business Research, house prices are expected to fall in 2023, giving hope to potential buyers who are being priced out by inflated figures. But potential bad news for people looking to sell! The CEBR...
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