Tim Leonard
Building your own property can deliver the home of your dreams, but how you finance a self-build project can be crucial to getting the job done. You might have savings or an existing home to sell, but for many a self-build mortgage will be required to bring their property off the drawing board and into reality.
Think carefully before securing other debts against your home. Your home may be repossessed if you do not keep up repayments on a loan or any other debt secured on it.
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