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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…
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
Mortgage Interest Run On is extra money you can get towards your housing…
If you’re eligible and were getting Support for Mortgage Interest before…
You can claim Mortgage Interest Run On if you’ve stopped getting…
You don’t need to apply - you should get Mortgage Interest Run On…
Official statistics in development on the numbers in receipt of Support for Mortgage Interest loans.
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.
This morning the Chancellor met the UK's principal mortgage lenders and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to agree support for people struggling with mortgage repayments.
£4.1 million awarded to green finance projects to help homeowners make their homes more energy efficient.
Quarterly National Statistics on possession claim actions in county courts by mortgage lenders and social and private landlords.
Official experimental statistics on the numbers in receipt of Support for Mortgage Interest loans.
Official experimental statistics on the number of households in receipt of Support for Mortgage Interest loans.
Information about the Support for Mortgage Interest statistics.
The Department for Education (DfE) today (23 August 2023) confirmed annual updates to interest rates and repayment thresholds for undergraduate Income Contingent Student Loans, interest rates for postgraduate loans, and the interest rates and deferment threshold for Mortgage Style Student...
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.
Official Statistics on the mortgage guarantee scheme.
See how to work out the tax relief for individual landlords and assess the impact of the finance cost restriction from 6 April 2017.
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