Most lenders require at least two years, and in some cases three years, of accounting information from self-employed people compared to just one year of employment history for those on PAYE contracts.
Alan Cleary, managing director of Precise Mortgages, said: "Performance of our mortgage book coupled with evidence collated by our credit team show that the extra information being demanded from self-employed applicants is not justified.
“Self-employed Brits are growing in numbers and play a large part in the much improved employment figures the Country is now enjoying.”
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