Mortgages refused for self-employed who took Covid grants
Mortgage brokers say self employed and furloughed workers are being turned down by some high street lenders. …
“I feel unfairly penalised. Furlough has been brilliant in that it has protected my job. But I didn’t expect to come out of the other side – with a deposit, no debt, a perfect credit rating, all of the things that should make me an ideal first time buyer – only to find out that banks just will not lend to me at all,” Ms Harding told the BBC.