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Last month the FSA took an initial step towards this by announcing new proposals that included a ban on Self-Cert Mortgages.
Self-certification mortgages, also dubbed liar loans, accounted for one third of new loans in 2007, or about GBP100 billion of the GBP300 billion loans granted that year.
The FSA argue that mortgages that don't require any proof of income have been abused during the property boom with many people borrowing more than they could afford to repay. This theory has been backed up by the collapse of Bradford & Bingley and the sale of HBOS to LloydsTSB, both HBOS and B&B were among the biggest self-cert lenders.
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David Tweedy, managing director, at Platform Cheap Quenton Nelson Jersey , says: "The FSA Mortgage Market review paper has shown that continuing to offer self certification mortgages in its current format is unfeasible and after careful deliberation of the paper, Platform has now taken the decision to withdraw from the self certification market."
Self Certification Mortgages were designed for workers who have trouble proving their income in a conventional manner such as contractors, freelancers, self employed, and company directors.
Many contractors and freelance workers will now be concerned on how they go about securing a mortgage that takes all of their income into consideration once the expensive self-cert option has been removed.
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"I'd love to meet one of these people who borrowed irresponsibly on a self-cert mortgage. I've had two self-certs in the past and both times I had to provide detailed accounts and bank statements, pretty much what the FSA says it's now going to insist on. I also paid a whopping rate of interest," said Zephirine. "Recent trends in business practice mean vast numbers of people - who would previously have been in long-term employment - now work on short contracts or are classed as self-employed. Mortgage lending has to take account of this."
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