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Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) helps homeowners on certain benefits pay interest on loans or mortgages - what you'll get, eligibility and how to claim.
If you’re a homeowner or have bought a shared ownership property, you…
If you qualify for Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI), you’ll usually get…
To be eligible for a Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) loan, you need to…
When you apply for a qualifying benefit, you’ll be asked extra questions…
You’ll need to repay your SMI loan with interest if you sell or transfer…
You can still get financial help with your housing costs if your Income…
Paper forms which can be used by limited companies to register details about a company charge with Companies House.
How to buy a home: preparing to buy, deciding on a home, making offers, conveyancing, paying Stamp Duty Land Tax and making complaints.
Buying a home takes about 5 months on average. The process can take longer…
When you decide you want to buy a home, you may need to get a mortgage to…
There are different ways to own a property. Leasehold and freehold…
Before you make an offer, check: what the property is worth the number of…
Once the offer is accepted, the seller is responsible for drawing up a…
You may need to pay: Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) when you buy a home in…
You can make a complaint to a company involved in the sale if you’re…
Details of the rules for lenders offering the Help to Buy: mortgage guarantee scheme.
Official Statistics on the mortgage guarantee scheme.
Mortgage Interest Run On is extra money you can get towards housing costs for 4 weeks if your benefits are stopping - eligibility, what you'll get, how to claim
Official statistics on the Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme.
Data on cases received and disposed and orders made in respect of mortgages in the Chancery Division of the Northern Ireland High Court
Services for lenders and third parties working on their behalf that minimise mortgage risk and support due diligence.
Guidance for lenders on taking part in the scheme to pay Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) direct to qualifying lenders.
When you need permission to remortgage, how your lenders are involved, what documents you’ll need and how to apply.
The Mortgage Rescue Scheme has closed. Find out what other support you can get.
This collection brings together all documents relating to forecast scenarios for UK mortgage arrears and possessions.
Data on mortgages cases received, disposed and final orders made in the Chancery Division of the High Court for the period July to September 2020 and commentary on trends observed for this quarter in each year from 2007.
Mortgage cases are dealt with in the Chancery division of the High Court, which sits at the Royal Courts of Justice in Belfast. They relate specifically to properties or land owned at least in part with a mortgage. This bulletin...
Quarterly National Statistics on possession claim actions in county courts by mortgage lenders and social and private landlords.
Get an audit of your secured lending to identify the risk of any unregistered security.
Application form DS3 to release part of the land from a registered charge.
This bulletin provides statistics for cases received (i.e. writs and originating summonses issued), cases disposed and final orders made in respect of mortgages in the Chancery Division of the Northern Ireland High Court for the period July to September 2023...
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