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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…
Provides background on why the government has introduced a mortgage guarantee scheme, and how it works. The scheme is open to new 95% mortgages until 30 June 2025, with participating lenders offering 95% mortgages under the government guarantee from 19...
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.
How to buy a home: preparing to buy, deciding on a home, making offers, conveyancing, paying Stamp Duty Land Tax and making complaints.
Paper forms which can be used by limited companies to register details about a company charge with Companies House.
This Charter sets out the standards lenders will adopt when helping their customers; signatories will provide borrowers with new flexibilities to manage their mortgage payments over a short period.
The Mortgage Rescue Scheme has closed. Find out what other support you can get.
Details of the rules for lenders offering the Help to Buy: mortgage guarantee scheme.
When you need permission to remortgage, how your lenders are involved, what documents you’ll need and how to apply.
Application form DS3 to release part of the land from a registered charge.
Guidance for lenders on taking part in the scheme to pay Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) direct to qualifying lenders.
Quarterly National Statistics on possession claim actions in county courts by mortgage lenders and social and private landlords.
Benefit from your trade mark by licensing, mortgaging, selling, transferring ownership, merging and exploit by marketing.
HM Land Registry's business and mortgage services.
Form DS1: cancel entries relating to a registered charge (mortgage).
Official statistics in development on the numbers in receipt of Support for Mortgage Interest loans.
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