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Low deposit mortgages

Helping your first time buyer clients and those with a smaller deposit onto the property ladder

Place your case Place your case

If your client is looking to buy their first home, or has a smaller deposit amount, and doesn’t fit the criteria of other lenders, our flexible lending criteria can make a mission impossible, possible.

Our underwriters treat each case individually, giving us a more in-depth understanding of each mortgage application. This means that we can consider your first time buyer clients, and those with a small deposit, even if they only have a year’s history as a contractor, or a small credit ‘blip’ on their file.

Use our mortgage calculator to work out how much your client could borrow with us.

We define first time buyers as those who have not held a mortgage or owned an unencumbered property in the last 12 months.

Completion fees cannot be added to applications over 90% LTV.


The detail

95% LTV available up to £500,000

Limited or no credit history considered

Loans available up to £1 million

  • Gifted deposits from immediate family members accepted
  • Self-employed affordability based on latest years accounts
  • Free valuation included up to 90% LTV
  • Help to Buy Wales accepted
  • Underwriter decision – not automated score
For further details see our full lending criteria.

Suitable for...

Contract workers with 12 months history

Those wanting to include bonus or overtime in their affordability assessment

Those with a small credit 'blip' on their file


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