Self-employed? Your mortgage options explained Rising numbers in the 'gig economy' mean mortgage lenders have to change. Teresa Hunter looks at where the self-employed can turn to get a home loan

• Published in: Daily telegraph (London, England : 1969)
• Main Author: Hunter, Teresa
• Format: Newspaper Article
• Language: English
• Published: London (UK) Daily Telegraph 01.04.2017
• Subjects: Building societies; Employees; Employment; Fees & charges; Loans; Mortgages

Nearly one in five workers is either self-employed or on a fixed-term or "zero-hours" contract. Since the 2007 credit crisis these borrowers have found it difficult, if not impossible, to secure a mortgage. David Hollingworth, a mortgage broker at London & Country, said: "The grow...