Is it more complicated to get finance for a newly built home?
Date Published: 23 September 2020
Not signficantly more complicated at all! It still comes down to the 2 key mortgage questions: can you afford the new home and do you have enough deposit / equity?
The only extra step is that the bank will need to check the build contract to make sure it is acceptable to them.
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