First Time Buyer

We will help you understand your options and ensure you get the best mortgage deal. We’re here to help – online, phone and in branch.

Your home may be repossessed if you do not keep up repayments on your mortgage.

Buying Your First Home

Buying your first home can be one of the most exciting times in your life, so we want you to enjoy it.

There are many different mortgage options, terms, and rates available for first-time buyers, which can be very daunting to get your head around as a first-time buyer.

Here at HLC, we’d like to take that stress away from you. In order to do that, we’ll find out what is most important to you and then tailor a mortgage option that not only best suits your needs, but is also the most cost-effective.

We’ll guide you through every step of purchasing your first property, from finding out how much you can borrow and providing you with an ‘Agreement in Principle’, to obtaining a mortgage which suits your financial situation.

We want to ensure that exciting day when you pick up the keys to your first home is memorable for all the right reasons!

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Discovery meeting – an initial consultation

This meeting allows both parties to get to know each other in a stress-free, no commitment environment. We explain how we work and discuss our services and fees with you. We also identify your personal needs and objectives. If we reach mutual agreement on working together we can quickly move on to the next stage.

The Expert Guide to buy your First Home

Buying your first home can be overwhelming. Find out how the home-buying process works: from working out what you can afford to picking up the keys.

At HLC we believe buying your first house should be a fun, exciting and positive experience. Here’s our step by step guide to buying your first property; what you need to do, and when.

We’re here to help — online, by phone, and in branch.

Your home may be repossessed if you do not keep up repayments on your mortgage.

This will allow you to book appointments to view properties through your local estate agents.

Estate Agents love first time buyers as they have no messy chains and have already been advised what their budget is. If you’re interested in a property and they know your position, it is likely you’ll get that all important viewing quickly.

When viewing properties within your budget, try to remain realistic. View with an open mind. Try to imagine the property as you would decorate it and think of the excitement of what furniture and colour schemes you could go for.

Try not to let your heart rule over your head. Think carefully about what you want to offer and, if it’s a sought after area, get wise to gazumping and sealed bids.

We are an impartial, whole of the market mortgage consultancy and can scan the whole market to get the right deal for you, saving you the stress and time.

The successful purchase of your property can be reliant on the instruction of an efficient and experienced solicitor.

A mortgage lender will require a valuation survey to be certain that the property is worth the money they are lending you. If you are purchasing an older property you may want to consider a property survey or full structural survey. The results of any of these surveys might mean you can re-negotiate the selling price.

Once the contract has been signed by both parties, your deposit will be transferred to the vendor’s solicitor. The completion date is then set by mutual agreement.

This happens when the residual monies are transferred from your solicitor to the vendor’s solicitor. Your solicitor will call you when the money has cleared and keys can be released to you. Congratulations, you now own your first home!

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