How to get a mortgage for your first home
Find the right deal for you
We’ll show you how to get a mortgage from start to finish, including what you need to tell us and the steps you’ll need to take.
First-time buyer guides
Start your adventure
Expert tips and guides to help you prepare as you set off on the path towards your first home.
Your home may be repossessed if you do not keep up repayments on your mortgage.
How mortgages work
What happens after my mortgage offer is issued?
Completing your mortgage
With a mortgage offer from us in hand, you’re almost home and dry. Find out how to complete your mortgage and pick up the keys.
Mortgage lending rules
What they mean for you
Understanding the rules all mortgage lenders have to follow can help you prepare for your application. Find out how.
Help with affording a mortgage
Family Springboard Mortgage
A way for families and friends to help with a deposit
Your family and friends can support you by providing 10% of your property’s price as security – and they’ll get their money back with interest if you keep up your mortgage payments in time.
Help to buy mortgages
Get a helping hand when buying a home
Struggling to save a deposit? See how the government’s Help to Buy scheme could help you take the first steps towards your new home.
Shared ownership mortgages
Buy a share of a home and pay rent on the rest
When you part-buy, part-rent a home through shared ownership, you can apply for a smaller mortgage amount – so your deposit could be lower, too.
More options for first-time mortgages
Joint and guarantor mortgages
Buying property with other people
Buying property with your partner, family or friends can make sense, as long as you weigh up the benefits and risks of taking out a joint or guarantor mortgage.
Getting a mortgage when you’re self-employed
Verifying your income
Find out how to prepare for a self-employed mortgage application – and see how we can help you.
Need some help?
Chat to us online
Start a web chat if you a question about applying (we can’t give advice about choosing a mortgage during web chats).
Call us
Call us1 any time – lines may be closed at off-peak times on bank holidays and during Christmas.
0800 197 1081
Track It
If you’ve submitted an application, use your mortgage application reference to find out what stage it’s at.
Visit a branch
Find a branch near you that offers appointments with mortgage advisers and see when we’re open.