Michael Harnden, Mortgage, Equity Release & Protection Adviser
Norwich
Mortgage advice covering bad / adverse credit, self-employed, later life / equity release and 2 more. Michael Harnden, Mortgage, Equity Release & has not recorded a fee structure.
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About Michael Harnden, Mortgage, Equity Release &
Michael Harnden, Mortgage, Equity Release & Protection Adviser is a UK mortgage broker based in Norwich. Its website describes mortgage advice for buy-to-let, first-time buyers, self-employed borrowers, later life lending. Its website publishes FCA regulatory details.
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Michael Harnden, Mortgage, Equity Release & records 5 areas of advice from its base in Norwich: bad / adverse credit, self-employed, later life / equity release, buy-to-let and first-time buyers.
Covering both adverse credit and self-employed lending is the harder end of the market — those two together are exactly the cases high-street lenders turn away, and they need a broker who knows the specialist panel.
Bad / Adverse Credit
Adverse credit work means the firm places cases that high-street lenders decline — defaults, missed payments, CCJs, IVAs and discharged bankruptcies. Lenders in this space price by how recent and how severe the event was, so the date on your credit file matters more than the amount.
Read the bad / adverse credit guideSelf-Employed
Self-employed cases turn on how a lender reads your income. Some average two or three years of accounts, some use your latest year, and sole traders, limited-company directors and day-rate contractors are all assessed differently. A firm that does this regularly knows which lenders sit where.
Read the self-employed guideLater Life / Equity Release
Later-life lending and equity release are separately regulated and have long-term consequences: interest can roll up against the value of your home, and it changes what is left in your estate. Advisers need a specific qualification to recommend it.
Read the later life / equity release guideBuy-to-Let
Buy-to-let borrowing is capped by a rental stress test rather than by your salary, and the sums differ sharply between personal ownership and a limited company. Portfolio landlords with four or more mortgaged properties face extra underwriting. With self-employed lending also covered, business-owner landlords should find both halves of the case understood.
Read the buy-to-let guideFirst-Time Buyers
First-time-buyer work means walking someone through it from scratch: what deposit is realistic, what an agreement in principle is worth to an estate agent, which schemes still exist and what lenders will ask to see. Adverse credit is also covered, which is the usual sticking point on a first application.
Read the first-time buyers guideFees: what this means for you
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We hold no fee structure for this listing, so we cannot say either way — the tailored questions below cover what to ask. Buy-to-let and limited-company cases are often charged differently from residential ones — ask which bracket you fall into.
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- 1How many lenders can you recommend from — the whole market, a limited panel, or a single lender?
- 2Do you charge a broker fee? If so, how much, and when is it due?
- 3Given what is on my credit file and when it happened, which lenders would consider me, and roughly how much more will that cost than a high-street rate?
- 4How will lenders read my income — salary plus dividends, net profit, or day rate — and do you work with lenders that use my latest year rather than an average?
- 5What qualification does the adviser hold for equity release, and how would rolled-up interest affect what I can leave to my family?
- 6How does the rental stress test change what I can borrow, and would buying through a limited company work out better for me after tax?
- 7Do you see clients at your Norwich office, or is this handled by phone and video?
Getting in touch with Michael Harnden, Mortgage, Equity Release &
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What does Michael Harnden, Mortgage, Equity Release & charge for mortgage advice?
Not recorded on this listing — ask Michael Harnden, Mortgage, Equity Release & directly, as it must tell you before you commit. Buy-to-let and limited-company cases are often charged differently from residential ones — ask which bracket you fall into.
What types of mortgage does Michael Harnden, Mortgage, Equity Release & handle?
Michael Harnden, Mortgage, Equity Release & Protection Adviser records bad / adverse credit, self-employed, later life / equity release, buy-to-let and first-time buyers, working from Norwich. Ask anyway if your case sits outside that list.
Can Michael Harnden, Mortgage, Equity Release & help if I have bad credit?
Michael Harnden, Mortgage, Equity Release & lists adverse credit as an area it covers, which means it places cases involving defaults, missed payments, CCJs or an IVA. Bring the dates and amounts from your credit file to the first conversation — specialist lenders price on how recent the event was, so an adviser cannot give you a realistic answer without them.
Does Michael Harnden, Mortgage, Equity Release & only cover Norwich?
Michael Harnden, Mortgage, Equity Release & Protection Adviser is listed in Norwich, but UK brokers are not restricted to their own area and most advise nationally by phone or video. You can also compare other mortgage brokers in Norwich on MortgageMatch.
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