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Mortgage adviser with knowledge of Help to Buy

Hi

Would anybody have any advice for locating a mortgage adviser with knowledge of the Help to Buy scheme.

I have spoken to a couple of advisers who were very un-knowledgeable about it, which is fine, but not very helpful for me.

Any advise on how best to locate one appreciated (it may just mean contacting lots...)

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  • kingstreet
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    Orbit, the HCA HomeBuy Agent for the West Midlands and East Anglia has an independent broker panel (of which we are a member) and I assume the other HCA HBAs have too...

    The Agents are listed in the back of the guide;-

    http://www.homesandcommunities.co.uk/sites/default/files/our-work/help_to_buy_buyers_guide_sept_2013.pdf

    Presumably you are talking about HTB - Equity Loan, not the HTB - Mortgage Guarantee scheme which starts in January?
    I am a mortgage broker. You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a Mortgage Adviser, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice. Please do not send PMs asking for one-to-one-advice, or representation.
  • ACG
    ACG Posts: 24,942 Forumite
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    Kingstreet seems to know more than most about HTB.
    I am a Mortgage Adviser
    You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a mortgage adviser, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice.
  • kingstreet
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    We get other brokers in our network phoning up asking for help as well, these days... :D

    Doing two or three of these a week at the moment. Mechanical and monotonous the HTB process, TBH.
    I am a mortgage broker. You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a Mortgage Adviser, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice. Please do not send PMs asking for one-to-one-advice, or representation.
  • Great, thanks for all your - very prompt - help!
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