07/09/2021
What are the Pros and Cons of a low deposit mortgage?
✅Pros – Being able to purchase a dream home sooner.
Being able to move out of rented accommodation or family homes sooner.
Not needing as much capital meaning potentially having extra capital to spend on a new property through improvements or furnishings.
❌Cons – Interest rates are higher than if you were to use a larger deposit and therefore meaning payments are higher.
It may be harder to be accepted by a lender as they are taking more of a risk and therefore will be more fussy when it comes to lending to low deposit borrowers.
The risk of negative equity meaning if house prices drop by more than the amount of deposit put down you could possibly be in negative equity making it hard to remortgage if you wanted to.
Other alternatives to low deposit mortgages to help get on the property ladder-
Shared ownership – This is where can purchase a 25%-75% stake in a property and pay rent on the remaining percentage, kit can come with a staircasing option allowing you to purchase the share that is being rented upto 100%.
Guarantor Mortgages – This is where a parent or relative can assist by either using income for affordability or by using equity of their property or even a lump sum of savings.
Help to buy – This is where you can get a loan of upto 20% of the price of a new build property and only need a 5% deposit, the 20% is an equity loan that has no interest payments for the first 5 years.
🏡Please feel free to get in touch if you have any questions or would like to chat about any of the above and I will be more than happy to help.
01480 573110 [email protected]
*Please note that if you do not keep up your repayments on your mortgage your home may be repossessed*
Specialist Mortgage Adviser for Residential Mortgages, Buy to Let Mortgages, Poor credit, Shared Own