Two in five (38%) self-employed borrowers are making
“worrying lifestyle changes and professional sacrifices” just to get onto the
property ladder, according to new research from online mortgage broker Trussle.
Using insight from lenders and 2,002 self-employed mortgage applicants, the
report reveals how challenging the journey to homeownership is for the UK’s
4.85 million self-employed workers. Compared to permanently employed
applicants, the self-employed are said to be required to go through extensive
affordability assessments, provide further documentation and can face extra
costs during the mortgage process. As a result, more than one in eight (13%)
self-employed borrowers have seriously considered abandoning homeownership
ambitions. Read more on 24housing.
John Judge obituary
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As chief quantity surveyor at Manchester city council, my father, John
Judge, who has died aged 91, was part of a team that led the city’s
housebuilding ...
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