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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…
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...
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.
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
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.
Official Statistics on the mortgage guarantee scheme.
Official statistics in development on the numbers in receipt of Support for Mortgage Interest loans.
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.
See how to work out the tax relief for individual landlords and assess the impact of the finance cost restriction from 6 April 2017.
Official statistics on the Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme.
People with fixed-rate mortgage deals coming up for renewals are facing increased mortgage costs as the interest rates on mortgages have increased over 2022. Housing costs have also increased for those with variable rate mortgages and private renters.
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