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Mortgages

Here you’ll find guides, tips and industry updates to support you on your property purchases.

The idea that being self-employed makes a mortgage difficult is decades out of date- but the idea dies...

Stamp Duty Land Tax or SDLT, is the tax almost nobody budgets for properly. The rules changed in 2025...

Your fixed rate ends in six months. What happens next is one of the most expensive financial decisions...

Exchange is the relief. Completion is the handover. In between is the weirdest, jumpiest day of the entire...

Most people obsess over the three-digit number their Experian or ClearScore app shows them. Here’s...

Your bank has known you for fifteen years. They hold your salary. They say ‘yes’ in five...

Everyone focuses on the deposit. That’s fair, it’s the biggest number. But around a deposit...

Buying a home when your name is in the press, or even just routinely on social media- changes the mortgage...

You’ve been viewing for weeks, you’ve found the house, you put in an offer — and the agent’s...

No surprises, no last-minute panics. A Stockport mortgage broker's guide to preparing a mortgage application...