National Counties offering expat mortgages
National Counties Building Society is offering a range expat mortgages to borrowers living and working overseas.
In order to qualify applicants do not have to be paid in sterling but they will have to meet a range of conditions.
For example, they will need to borrow a minimum of £150,000 and be located in one of the countries listed below:
Australia |
Hong Kong |
Norway |
Austria |
Hungary |
Poland |
Belgium |
Iceland |
Portugal |
Brazil |
India |
Romania |
Bulgaria |
Ireland |
Singapore |
Canada |
Italy |
Slovakia |
Cyprus |
Japan |
Slovenia |
Czech Republic |
Kingdom of the Netherlands |
South Africa |
Denmark |
Latvia |
South Korea |
Estonia |
Liechtenstein |
Spain |
Finland |
Lithuania |
Sweden |
France |
Luxembourg |
Switzerland |
Germany |
Malta |
United Kingdom |
Gibraltar |
Mexico |
United States |
Greece |
Applicants must have a valid passport and a certified certificate of their residential address, ideally signed by the company they work for or a reputable credit/financial institution.
They will also need to hold a UK bank account and own a property in the UK already. Their minimum income should also be equal to £20,000 or more and be paid into account in the applicants name.
Aaron Strutt, product manager at Trinity Financial, says: “Over the last few years more lenders have started to offer expat mortgages and some of the rates are very competitively priced.
"One large high-street lender is offering great mortgages at the moment and they even allow customers to let the property on residential terms.”
If you are living and working overseas and you would like help to secure a mortgage, call Trinity on 020 7016 0790.