Mortgage HQ
Plymouth
Mortgage advice covering bad / adverse credit, self-employed, later life / equity release and 6 more. Mortgage HQ has not recorded a fee structure.
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About Mortgage HQ
Mortgage HQ is an independent mortgage brokerage based in Plymouth, covering clients across Devon and Cornwall. The team advises across the full range of mortgage needs, from first-time buyers and home movers through to remortgages, buy-to-let, and more specialist cases. First-time buyers are a particular focus, backed by The Homebuyer Coach, a sister platform the team runs to help new buyers understand the process and get mortgage-ready.
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What this broker covers
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Mortgage HQ records 9 of the 13 areas this directory tracks, working out of Plymouth: bad / adverse credit, self-employed, later life / equity release, shared ownership, buy-to-let, first-time buyers, residential, variable rate and fixed rate. That is a broad listing.
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 guideShared Ownership
Shared ownership sits under two sets of rules at once: the housing association's, and the lender's. Not every lender takes it, and staircasing later has its own costs and valuation requirements.
Read the shared ownership 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. With shared ownership also on the list, part-buy routes should be on the table as well as a full purchase.
Read the first-time buyers guideResidential
Standard residential advice covers buying, moving and remortgaging on your own home — the bulk of UK mortgage lending, and the area where switching deal at the right moment usually saves the most. Here that runs alongside adverse-credit work, so it covers people a high-street lender has already turned down.
Read the residential guideVariable Rate
Variable-rate products let the lender change your payment at their discretion rather than in step with the base rate, which makes the terms of the specific product more important than the rate on offer today.
Read the variable rate guideFixed Rate
Fixed-rate advice is about matching the length of the deal to your plans: a payment that cannot move, in exchange for early repayment charges if you leave before the end.
Read the fixed rate guideFees: what this means for you
Fees not specified
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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Questions to ask Mortgage HQ
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- 1You list a wide range of areas — which of them do you place regularly, and would I be dealing with a specialist in mine?
- 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?
- 6Which lenders work with my housing association's lease, and what will it cost me to staircase later?
- 7Do you see clients at your Plymouth office, or is this handled by phone and video?
Getting in touch with Mortgage HQ
Mortgage HQ lists a phone number, an email address and its own website, so use whichever suits.
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Frequently asked questions
What does Mortgage HQ charge for mortgage advice?
Not recorded on this listing — ask Mortgage HQ 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 Mortgage HQ handle?
Mortgage HQ records bad / adverse credit, self-employed, later life / equity release, shared ownership, buy-to-let, first-time buyers, residential, variable rate and fixed rate, working from Plymouth. Ask anyway if your case sits outside that list.
Can Mortgage HQ help if I have bad credit?
Mortgage HQ 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 Mortgage HQ only cover Plymouth?
Mortgage HQ is listed in Plymouth, 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 Plymouth on MortgageMatch.
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