Having used a number of different mortgage brokers over the years, a friend of mine recommended a small london mortgage brokerage offering advice on all types of residential and buy to let mortgages. I approached Chelsea Mortgage Shop with the remortgage of my residential home together with 5 Buy to Let properties. Chelsea Mortgage Shop were able to source some fantastic deals saving me a great deal of money on my existing mortgages. I was also able to receive a decent share of the mortgage brokers own commission following completion which worked out to be almost £750! I do not know any other mortgage broker able to match the service offered by ...  Read the complete review

It seems like they can get mortgages for anybody and everybody. Having been self-employed with a chequered credit history, I didn't hold out much hope of getting a mortgage. Or if I could get one - I didn't want to know about the %age rate! However, FU were able to help, filled in about 2 forms I think it was, and got a mortgage at the first time of asking with a high street lender and at a very decent rate. Can't remember exactly how much the fee was, but it was added into the mortgage (at my request) so I didn't have to stump up that cash on top of the costs of moving house in the first place. All in all, excellent, friendly service ...  Read the complete review

Some of you may have read my opinion on Barclays Bank, so you will have some idea about what has happened in my past, hence my credit history is poor to say the least. In 1996, my husband and I moved into a council house in a lovely quiet street in a village near to where we grew up. We talked and dreamed of owning the house, but knew that the reality was very very different...after all, which bank or building society would want to give us a mortgage? We married, and had a daughter, and in 2001, we decided that we had to bite the bullet and see if we could get a mortgage from a broker. I scoured the Internet, and settled upon Purple Mortgages, ...  Read the complete review

Being self employed and only being able to show 1 years accounts. I was finding getting a mortgage really difficult. I was turned down by 6 high street banks for a loan of £50,000, despite grossing over £50,000 p.a. I was put in touch with Priors Mortgage services (Newport, Gwent) and soon met with David Smith. After an initial meeting he said that the mortgage should not be a problem. His fee was £300 which was payable up front. (with a garentee of repayment if a mortgage could not be secured). 11.30am the next day David rang me and told me to go find the house I wanted. (2 1/2 working hours after the initail meeting) The amount of ...  Read the complete review

Is there anyone else out there in a similar position to me - completely fed up with recieving phone calls from mortgage companies and brokers wanting to know if I would like to reduce my monthly payments by changing my mortgage. I do think it is a good idea and actually did it about 10 months ago. But since then there has been phone call after phone all asking the same. Sometimes thare are up to 3 or 4 a week. Surely there can not be that many companies out there offering this type of service. So are the same ones just phoning me over and opver again ??? ...  Read the complete review