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Mortgage Lending criteria

Product

6.14% Tracker for 2 Years

6.25% Tracker

 

Notes: The following information is provided by a third party organisation. We have not verified this information with the lender. Ask your broker to confirm any aspects that are important to you. The main features of this mortgage will be confirmed in the Key features Illustration. Please ask your broker for a Key features Illustration

 

Product

6.14% Tracker for 2 Years

6.25% Tracker

 

Advances

Up to £ (max) 100% LTV

 

Notes

Mortgage is Portable, Mortgage is Flexible, Under payments allowed., Overpayments allowed.

All Scottish Widows Bank's rates are portable If you move house and port rates during the period in which Early Repayment Charges apply Scottish Widows Bank will refund these charges, however, a proportion of the Early Repayment Charges will be payable if a lower loan amount is required for the new property. The loan on your new house will be subject to our normal lending criteria.

This product is for professionals.

This product has a mortgage Reserve Account option. Features are: subject to overall 100% LTV; electronic funds transfer - minimum £100; minimum facility - £5k; maximum facility normally £50k; regular payments available. Funds are available from the day mortgage completes. No repayment programme is required on the Mortgage Reserve Account until the limit is reached. Interest will accrue until then.

All Scottish Widows Bank's rates are portable. The loan on the customers new house will be subject to our normal lending criteria. Please contact lender for more details

For split loans the term on the interest only and repayment element must be the same.

Guarantors accepted.

Product is not CAT standard.

Payment Holidays Allowed. You may apply to Scottish Widows Bank for agreement to reduce or suspend your monthly payments for a time, provided your mortgage account has been well maintained for at least 12 months and you have a Mortgage Reserve Account in place. The reduced or suspended payments will be met from the Mortgage Reserve Account and interest will be charged on this account at Scottish Widows Bank’s Standard Variable Rate.

Linked Savings/Offset Account. With a variable rate mortgage you also have the option of applying for a Mortgage Deposit Account, which allows you to offset your savings against this portion of your mortgage. Instead of earning interest on your Mortgage Deposit Account, you will not be charged interest on the equivalent amount of your mortgage. Your monthly mortgage payments remain the same but the interest payable on your mortgage is reduced. This means that you could repay your mortgage sooner. Please refer to product brochure for further details.

Contribution towards valuation fees on completion of the mortgage, Scottish Widows Bank will refund up to a maximum of £250 to you in respect of the property valuation.

There are no restrictions on making overpayments to this loan. Once the overpayment has cleared it will reduce the amount of interest you will be charged.

A Mortgage Reserve Account is required if you wish to gain access to overpayments in the future. Please refer to product brochure for further details.

See Payment Holidays.

This mortgage includes a facility for additional secured borrowing. Mortgage Reserve Account - Subject to Scottish Widows Bank’s lending criteria you can also apply for a Mortgage Reserve Account. This is an additional drawdown facility which allows you to withdraw and deposit funds within a pre-agreed limit, up to the lower of (maximum product LTV) of the property purchase price or valuation (whichever is the lower) less the loan amount in section 3. Refer to product brochure for further details.

Professional Mortgage available up to 110%-additional 10% is secured and repaid over a maximum 10 year period (Capital and Interest) and charged at Scottish Widows Bank's Standard Variable Rate. The additional advance is subject to a maximum of £20,000.

THIS WILL INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF BORROWING SECURED ON YOUR HOME.

The maximum loan available on this product is 100% of the property valuation or purchase price, whichever is the lower.

Let to Buy : Accepted

Capital Rest Period : Daily

 

Repayment Types

Repayment Yes

Endowment Yes

PEP Yes

Pension Yes

Interest only (no RV) Yes

With Profits Yes

Unit Linked Yes

ISA Yes

Split Repayment Yes

 

Fees

Arrangement : £499 Can be Added

Booking : None

 

Early Repayment Charges

2% of original loan to be paid within first 2 Years

 

Higher Lending

None

 

Valuation

Basic:

upto £75,000 - £115

upto £150,000 - £175

upto £250,000 - £225

upto £350,000 - £280

upto £450,000 - £325

Homebuyers:

upto £75,000 - £250

upto £150,000 - £350

upto £250,000 - £450

upto £350,000 - £550

upto £450,000 - £650

Valuation fee Refunded on completion

- upto a maximum of £250

Arrangement fee is automatically added to the loan.

Early Repayment charge is, 2% of the original balance, if the mortgage is repaid in full within 2 years of completion.

For property valuations over £450k please refer to Lender for the valuation fee.

Please refer to the Lender for any additional fees which may be charged on final redemption such as Deeds Release/Sealing/Admin fees.

Added fees will not be included in this calculation.

Lender Conveyancing Fee - £175.00 Payable on completion. Fee payable to Scottish Widows Bank's solicitor for acting on the Bank's behalf in connection with the mortgage.

Transfer Fee - £25.00 Added to loan.

Redemption Fee - £195.00 Payable on redemption.

 

Acceptable Property Types

Freehold Flat Yes

Purpose Built Flat Yes

Converted Flat Yes

Flat Over Shop Yes

Maisonette Yes

Studio Flat No

Flying Freehold No

Thatched Yes

Timber Framed No

Concrete No

Agricultural Tie No

Flat Over 4 Storeys Yes

Listed Building Yes

Not Accepted

Accepted Locations : England, Scotland, Wales, N Ireland

 

Requirements

Bank Statements 1 months

At Least 3 Months Pay Slips No

P60 No

Proof Of Residency Yes

Life Policy To Be Assigned No

Previous Lender References No

 

Insurance

Buildings Conditional

 

Conditions On Loan

Min Loan £30,000

Max Loan £500,000

Max Portfolio of BTL Loans none

Min Age 18 years

Max Age 65 years

Min Term 5 years

Max Term 40 years

Foreign Citizens Not Accepted

Ex-Patriates Not Accepted

 

Income Multipliers

Based on Income > 0

5 + 1 or 4 joint

Min months in current position none

Min months in continuous service none

Min no. of years accounts 2

Average years taken to calculate income 1

Will consider declining profit Yes

 

Outgoings

For Professional Mortgage –

Salary Below £30,000.00 = 4x Single, 3x Joint or 4 plus 1.

Salary £30,000 - £50,000 = 4.5x Single, 3.5x Joint or 4.5 plus 1.

Salary £50,000 plus = 5x Single, 4x Joint or 5 plus 1.

(ALL APPLICATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO INDIVIDUAL ASSESSMENT AND EACH WILL BE CONSIDERED ON ITS OWN MERITS)

Minimum trading period is 12 months.

Accountants certificate is required.

All cases are treated on an affordability basis and will be considered on their own merit.

Hire Purchase Taken into account

Personal Loans Taken into account

Overdraft Taken into account

Credit/Store Cards Taken into account

Child Maintenance Taken into account

Child Education Taken into account

Extra Income:-

Other Income - Guaranteed Add 100% to income before multiply

Other Income - Regular Add 100% to income before multiply

Other Income - Irregular Add 100% to income before multiply

Investment Income Add 100% to income before multiply

Mortgage Subsidy Add 100% to income before multiply

Large Town Allowance Add 100% to income before multiply

Maintenance Payments Add 100% to income before multiply

Non Contributory Pension Add 100% to income before multiply

Car Allowance Add 100% to income before multiply

 

Remortgage Max LTV Max% increase

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Adverse Credit

CCJs : Acceptable, must be satisfied

Defaults : See CCJs

Arrears : Acceptable,

Bankrupt : Not Acceptable

Current IVA : Not Acceptable

Repossession : Not Acceptable

- The Lender will judge customers with previous or existing adverse credit in a flexible manner and every case will be judged on its individual merits, along with the customer's ability to keep up repayments on the mortgage, taking into account his/her existing liabilities.

- The Lender will consider cases of financial difficulty and mortgage arrears sympathetically.

- The Lender follows the general principles of the Council of Mortgage Lenders' Statement of Practice on Handling Arrears and Possessions, including :

a) with your co-operation, developing a plan with you for dealing with your financial difficulties and clearing the arrears, consistent with both your interests and the Lender.

b) possession of your property will be sought only as a last resort when attempts to reach alternative arrangements with you have been unsuccessful.

 

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