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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…
How to tax a beneficial loan arrangement for a director or employee.
Find out about loans that count as qualifying loans.
How to buy a home: preparing to buy, deciding on a home, making offers, conveyancing, paying Stamp Duty Land Tax and making complaints.
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
When you need permission to remortgage, how your lenders are involved, what documents you’ll need and how to apply.
You can no longer apply for a Help to Buy: Equity Loan - find out about interest rates and how to manage your Help to Buy: Equity Loan.
Universal Credit can include help with housing costs - paying your landlord, what to do if you cannot pay your rent, other help you can get.
Official Statistics on the mortgage guarantee scheme.
Find out how the Help to Build Equity Loan works, how to apply for the loan and repay it, what happens after you’ve applied and how to make a complaint.
Find out about our Standard Buyer Loan Guarantee: its benefits, eligibility criteria and how to apply.
Loans and mentoring for people looking to start or grow a business in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
You are not allowed to sublet your home unless your personal circumstances make it difficult to live there.
Your and your company's responsibilities - repaying director's loans, interest, tax on loans, reporting to HM Revenue and Customs
Apply for a refugee integration loan if you're over 18 and you're either a refugee, you've been given humanitarian protection or you're the dependant of a refugee or someone who's been given humanitarian protection - what you'll get, how you're...
Get a postgraduate doctoral loan to help fund a full-time or part-time master's degree: find out if you're eligible and how much you can get.
The Recovery Loan Scheme supports access to finance for small and medium sized UK businesses, so they can grow and invest.
Information on legal requirements and advice for British nationals buying or renting property in Spain.
Interest-free loans from the government for some people on benefits: how to apply, check if you're eligible
Making changes to your company - passing resolutions, changing addesses and where your records are kept, your company name and type, directors' and secretaries' details, share structure, constitution
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