Bad Credit Mortgage Advice

Exclusive Financial are experienced mortgage advisors offering bad credit mortgage advice

Do you have bad credit but now need mortgage advice?

If so, read on to learn how we may be able to help you.

Sadly, an increasing number of people find themselves, often through no fault of their own (e.g. divorce, illness, death of loved ones), missing required payments (defaulting).  

When this happens, it can cause all sorts of difficulties – but all is not lost!  

People can end up with County Court Judgements (CCJs) registered against their names, or else they may be forced to institute ‘Individual Voluntary Arrangements’ (IVAs) or even, sometimes, be forced to declare themselves ‘Bankrupt’. 

Clearly, all of the above can make getting a mortgage harder – but help and advice really are available so do not lose hope.  As a first step, if you find yourself in such a predicament, always consult an impartial mortgage broker such as Exclusive Financial as we can consider the specifics of your particular circumstances and look across a wide range of lenders and their products for what best meets your needs. 

Exclusive Financial will be able to point you towards products and lenders who may specialise in helping people in your circumstances, even when others in the market may not be able to consider you.

When applying for a mortgage, all lenders will carry out credit checks and some markers in your credit history will create red flags, some carrying more weight than others.  

For example, a lot of recent debt will carry more weight than a small amount of debt from say, a few years ago – and different lenders will take different approaches to their underwriting.

Bad credit mortgage advice 

However, we can help you through this by, for example, directing you away from high street banks, towards other lenders who may be more flexible – like some Building Societies, or specialist ‘bad’ credit lenders.

It is true that having a difficult credit history can mean that interest rates applied to mortgages can be higher than average – or, that larger than average deposits may be required.

For example, it may be that you will need a 25% deposit – and/or you may only qualify for a Loan to Value percentage of 75% (or lower). 

However, many mortgage deals used in ‘Adverse Credit Mortgage’ cases are ‘Fixed-rate mortgages’ and this can be really helpful in terms of planning finances and being sure about having only manageable outgoings.