Changes in the sub - prime market
This is not a great situation for people who have problems with credit and require a mortgage that is over 85% LTV of their property. Especially after the current trend of consolidation of loans and other finances into mortgages. This will not be able to take place if you have problems with Credit and a mortgage over 85% the value of your property.
Obviously every case is individual but as a general rule make sure that any finances that you have or are thinking of taking out is within your affordability especially in the current environment, the last thing you want to do at the moment is get yourself in to credit problems when this part of the mortgage market is tightening its belt.
If you have bad credit then the best thing to do is to work out you affordibility. The first step is to figure out what your income is and a precise list of your outgoings ,you can talk to an IFA who will give you professional advice and will be able to do an affordibilty calculation for you. It may be the case that you are paying to much for a certain product which will help your outgoings.