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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…
Official Statistics on the mortgage guarantee scheme.
The Mortgage Rescue Scheme has closed. Find out what other support you can get.
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...
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 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.
Quarterly National Statistics on possession claim actions in county courts by mortgage lenders and social and private landlords.
Paper forms which can be used by limited companies to register details about a company charge with Companies House.
When you need permission to remortgage, how your lenders are involved, what documents you’ll need and how to apply.
Official statistics on the Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme.
Application form DS2E: application form to cancel the entries relating to a registered charge for which an END has been sent.
Official statistics in development on the numbers in receipt of Support for Mortgage Interest loans.
HM Land Registry's business and mortgage services.
Application form e-ACD: HM Land Registry approval for digital mortgage, and allocation of the official e-MD reference.
Details of the rules for lenders offering the Help to Buy: mortgage guarantee scheme.
An example of the mortgage deed that homebuyers using Help to Buy: Equity Loan agreed to.
Benefit from your trade mark by licensing, mortgaging, selling, transferring ownership, merging and exploit by marketing.
How to register a new charge at Companies House, or tell us about any you've paid off.
Application form AS2: personal representative(s) to assent a charge (mortgage).
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