Market Harborough Building Society Contractor Mortgages - Help and FAQs

Here at LENDERmonitor we receive regular similar questions from visitors enquiring about whether Market Harborough Building Society offer contractor mortgages. We collated some of the more common contractor mortgage questions but if you have any specific questions about Market Harborough Building Society and contractor mortgages please complete our enquiry form and we see if we can arrange for an expert to contact you directly.

I have been dealing with an IFA concerning my remortgage because I have just won a fixed term contract of four years (I am a post doc researcher, it is the nature of my work that we have fixed term contracts). My contract begin date last year. I am looking for a three year fixed rate deal. Property value 165K, I want to borrow 132K. I bought the property three years ago for 138K and I currently owe 120K to Market Harborough Building Society

I am a freelance contractor. Mortgage options are being looked at but its tricky. I have considered is whether I could get a letter from my company clarifying that I will be moved onto a permanent contract prior to the expiry of my set term? Would this assist in applying for a mortgage with lend

I’m in a bit of an onerous situation in as much as I and my partner are both self-employed (contractors) without any great accounts to show, although things are on the up I hope for this to change shortly. Basically my question for you is how hard would it be to get a 85k contractor mortgage with a lender such as Market Harborough Building Society?

What criteria does a mortgage lender (for example Market Harborough Building Society) adopt to categorise someone as a contractor or self-employed. For instance does one have to own more than a particular percentage of a company?

Myself and my fiance are currently about to apply for our first mortgage with Market Harborough Building Society. However, after studying, I've just this month started working as a contractor, although I'm yet to register etc with HMRC. My fiance is full time employed by the NHS as a doctor, and so does have a good salaryfor us to put forward. I was hoping to get some advice on how my contractor status will affect us getting an application approved please?

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