SELF EMPLOYED LOANS DURING COVID

Are you self-employed during Covid? Need a mortgage? There are newly revised mortgage guidelines for self-employed people due to the Covid-19 pandemic.  There are temporary requirements for assessing income derived from self-employment.  The additional due diligence is due to the disruption from the pandemic.  Mortgage lenders now need to consider if and how a business has been impacted and the likelihood of income continuance.

There is additional income documentation required. You may need an audited Profit & Loss statement with supporting documentation for the Profit & Loss statement.  The continuity and stability of income is what will be considered.

It can take quite a while for an accountant to put together an audited Profit & Loss statement. So it should be started at the very beginning of a loan application.

When a self-employed borrower has declining income from one year to the next or from the last year to the current year, this could be an obstacle in getting a mortgage.

Please contact me or start the pre-approval process to determine if you’re self-employed income is sufficient to get approved for a mortgage.