Having a poor credit history is nothing to be ashamed of, in fact there are more than 15m people who have a history of adverse credit in the UK.
In a recent Specialist Lending Study it found that 15.16 million people in the UK now have a historyof adverse credit – these could be missed credit payments, Defaults, CCJs, unsecured arrears, secured mortgage arrears or entered a Debt Management Plan.
This is based on a YouGov survey in September 2023, which found that 28.93%, or nearly one third of the popoulation have a history of adverse credit, low credit score, missed payments and the ONS projection for the UK adult population is 52.4 million.
Are you having problems finding a mortgage or credit? are you suffering from or have you suffered from any of the following? :
County Court Judgements - CCJ satisfied or not, Adverse Mortgage.
We don't guarantee all bad credit cases are acceptable but if anyone can help you we can - we started arranging adverse mortgages way back in 1988, we have the facilities to turn your previous no into a current yes. Click here to make an enquiry, please give us as much detail as possible and we will assess the market and confirm from our position as whole of market mortgage brokers if there is anything for you. We strongly recommend that you obtain a copy of your full credit report before you enquire about a loan or mortgage, if you make an enquiry we will send you access to a FREE Credit Report system to obtain a copy of yours.
If you have any of the following Mortgage Arrears, Credit Card Defaults, IVA's, County Court Judgments, Bad Credit Score, Bankruptcy Credit Problems, Divorce or Separation Debts, Poor Payment Profile, Rent Arrears, Loan Defaults, Poor Credit Rating you need an expert to help you one that has access to all lenders operating in the UK. That's where www.MortgageShop.com come in.
Adverse or Bad Credit
If a borrower has a history of poor credit usage then this is described as Adverse Credit. Poor Credit history can include County Court Judgements (CCJ), Bankruptcy, Mortgage arrears or any late payments on any credit arrangements.
Arrears
This describes the amount the borrower is behind in his mortgage repayments schedule. The amount is usually measured in either pounds or months of payments behind.
Bankrupt
A Corporation, Firm or individual who, via a court proceeding, is relieved from paying all debts once assets have been surrendered to an appointed third party designated by the court.
County Court Judgments (CCJ)
An adverse ruling by a County Court against a person who has not satisfied their debt payments with their creditors. Once the ruling has taken place it will be recorded against the persons credit history and will appear every time a credit search is done for the next seven years. If a person has a County Court Judgement against them it will have to be satisfied before they can get a mortgage. They will also find that the mortgages they can get will be at a higher interest rate.
Credit Score
This is a system used by companies or individuals lending money to individuals to attempt to validate the persons financial standing and ability to repay a debt. It uses a score card to assess all the answers given on a finance application which then provides a total score for the applicant based upon their individual circumstances, hence the phrase credit score.
Default
Failure of an individual to make payments on a mortgage at the correct time or to not comply with the mortgage or finance companies requirements.
Ex Marital, Ex Partner, Divorce Debts
These are very common when individuals seperate in a personal relationship. The psychology behind it is that people don't want to have anything to do with debts or credit related applications to their ex partner and hence often these credit agreements get ignored or left behind. However the credit checking / tracing companies like Experian or Equifax keep track of these individuals and register a link to the peoples new addresses so they end up having problems obtaining mortgages, loans or finance.
Payment Profile
This is an ongoing analysis of how you pay your credit, utility bills and similar outgoings and shows the last 18 months status of if these payments are made ontime, one months late etc upto the point of a default being registered against you.