You can get a mortgage as a medic depending on whether you work for the NHS or privately, and whether you are permanently employed full-time or on a contract basis.
Key worker housing schemes are available to NHS medics in areas such as doctors' surgeries, dental practices, Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) and Ambulance Trusts. Although these schemes are often open to nurses, they do not usually apply to doctors or dentists, and they are subject to other criteria, such as excellent credit histories and residency requirements.
It can be challenging for doctors to demonstrate their above average income to mortgage lenders due to the vagaries of contract work, locum roles, and private practice that may make up their careers to date.
If you are a hospital doctor, for instance, you will probably have to show both your basic pay and your on-call pay. When making mortgage lending decisions for medics, specialist mortgage providers take this non-standard income stream into account.
As a student doctor, you may not have an account history if you are just starting out in your career as a medic. Some mortgage lenders will consider your future earnings as a doctor when deciding whether to offer you a mortgage.
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