The Mortgage Brain
Gloucester
Mortgage advice covering self-employed, help to buy, buy-to-let and 2 more. The Mortgage Brain is listed as fee-free.
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About The Mortgage Brain
The Mortgage Brain is a UK mortgage broker based in Gloucester. Its website describes mortgage advice for residential mortgages, buy-to-let, first-time buyers, self-employed borrowers. Its website publishes FCA regulatory details.
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What this broker covers
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The Mortgage Brain records 5 areas of advice from its base in Gloucester: self-employed, help to buy, buy-to-let, first-time buyers and residential.
Self-employed and buy-to-let together suit business owners buying property, where income evidence and rental stress testing both have to line up.
Self-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 guideHelp to Buy
Help to Buy cases now mostly mean people who already hold an equity loan and need to remortgage, staircase out of it, or sell. The equity loan has to be repaid at the property's current value, not what you borrowed.
Read the help to buy 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. Help to Buy is listed too, which matters if you are buying from someone still holding an equity loan.
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. Paired with self-employed lending, it should cover employed and variable-income applicants equally.
Read the residential guideFees: what this means for you
Fee-free to you
Fee-free means the lender pays this firm a procuration fee on completion, so the advice costs you nothing directly. You still pay any lender product fee, valuation and legal costs. 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 The Mortgage Brain
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- 1How many lenders can you recommend from — the whole market, a limited panel, or a single lender?
- 2You are listed as fee-free — does that hold for a case like mine, and what will the lender be paying you?
- 3How 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?
- 4What are my options for the equity loan — repay it, remortgage around it, or leave it in place — and what does each cost?
- 5How does the rental stress test change what I can borrow, and would buying through a limited company work out better for me after tax?
- 6What deposit do I realistically need for the properties I am looking at, and which schemes am I actually eligible for?
- 7Do you see clients at your Gloucester office, or is this handled by phone and video?
Getting in touch with The Mortgage Brain
The Mortgage Brain lists a phone number alongside its own website, so you can either call or start with an online enquiry.
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Frequently asked questions
What does The Mortgage Brain charge for mortgage advice?
The Mortgage Brain is listed on MortgageMatch as fee-free, meaning the broker is paid commission by the lender rather than charging you for advice. You would still pay any lender product fee, valuation and legal costs. 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 The Mortgage Brain handle?
The Mortgage Brain records self-employed, help to buy, buy-to-let, first-time buyers and residential, working from Gloucester. Ask anyway if your case sits outside that list.
Does The Mortgage Brain work with self-employed borrowers?
Yes — self-employed lending is one of the areas The Mortgage Brain lists. Have your last two to three years of accounts or SA302s and corresponding tax year overviews ready. The figure you can borrow depends heavily on which lender is used, because they treat retained profit, dividends and contract income very differently.
Does The Mortgage Brain only cover Gloucester?
The Mortgage Brain is listed in Gloucester, 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 Gloucester on MortgageMatch.
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