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Removing name off title deeds
Hi I am named on my parents property title deeds as I was named on their mortgage as a name only I never paid towards it, the mortgage is now fully paid. does anybody know how I take my name off the deeds? And how long this usually takes? I don't know where to start!
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Unusual mortgage situation please help
Hi, just wondered if anyone can help or advise. Me and my OH are wanting to buy a house together and have 81k in joint income, my OH has a shared ownership property that he's selling and we will pay any remaining debts off with the equity, might have 1k in credit card and then a 5% deposit for a new home. Our credit…
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Remortgage to get away from Engage Credit
I currently have a mortgage with Engage Credit. It was previously with Kensington & they transferred it to Engage. My rate was 4.6% and I was paying £520 a month. I not have had a second increase to 6.5% which means £618 a month. As I am in a variable rate with around 9 years left, I would like to move away but my credit…
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Borrowing extra and remortgaging
My mortgage deal ends next month and I want to borrow more money to purchase some land. I received an acceptance for an offer in principle with a LTV of 40%, but when I had the meeting, they said that the maximum they would lend me was £22k less than requested. I forgot to tell them about child maintenance payments and…
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Additional mortgage loan problem - Santander
Hi, I don’t know what to do anymore. We applied for an additional loan with santander and all was going fine. On the 13th Aug the payment was confirmed and authorised. 3 weeks later and I'm still waiting for the funds to go into my account. I'm having daily phone calls to santander and keep getting told that they've been…
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Unusual mortgage situation, please help!
Hi, just wondered if anyone can help or advise. Me and my OH are wanting to buy a house together and have 81k in joint income, my OH has a shared ownership property that he's selling and we will pay any remaining debts off with the equity, might have 1k in credit card and then a 5% deposit for a new home. Our credit…
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Nationwide mortgages
dunfermaline went into administration and now nationwide cant provide me with my mortgage agreement, i have requested it and done a dsar but they dont have it what should i do ? My Dunfermline mortgage was only for 87k and nationwide have added over 20k to the balance in unfair charges and have tried to repossess my house…
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Mortgage Application - Debts no longer on credit file.
I’m planning to apply for a mortgage, hopefully using a broker, within the next three months. I could borrow around £343k, but I only need £250k. I have around £8k of debt from a previous relationship that is no longer on my credit file. I’ve been making token payments to the DCAs for some time, hoping to get settlement…
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Santander repossession
Due to a very complicated set of circumstances we had our house repossessed, I had been very stupid and deceitful and my wife was completely unaware of the whole situation till the day of the repossession. To cut a long story short we challenged the repossession using solicitors and a few weeks later were told if we pay…
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Mortgage length confusion
I've asked a similar question in the past, but there's not been a clear answer. In a few years I'll be 55. I'm a self employed author, with no pension. I currently rent a small house. My income comes from my backlist, and as long as I keep advertising, is fairly stable, without me doing anything else, so I could be earning…
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Joint Help To Buy Loan - Relationship Split
Hi, new here and new to reaching out for advice! I am currently in a joint mortgage and joint Help To Buy Loan. We are nearing the end of the five year interest free period so originally we were considering remortgaging to pay off the HTB and leaving us with just the mortgage to pay (understandably increased due to the HTB…
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Engage credit
Engage credit the vulture company stopped me from moving away for a better deal by putting faulse information on my credit file id there anything i can do about this appart from disputing with my credit file
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Impossible to get a mortgage as a single man?
Hi I hope you are all well, Ive just come for some advice really. im trying to get my own home. Private renting seems to expensive. I have two kids but separated with partner. (Her choice) and I’m living with my grandparents at 34 years old. i really want my own place. I have 33k saved for a deposit. Taken 6 years to save.…
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Can you part own a house with someone and charge rent for the bit you own?
Good morning. I already own a home, but a family member has purchased a bungalow recently. Money is a bit tight for them and I wondered if it would be possible for me to buy half the property from them so they have some capital, and maybe charge them a little rent for the half i have purchased (bit like shared ownership…
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Lender treating service charge like ground rent
Hi there We've run into a bit of an issue during a house purchase, and I just wanted to know how this compares to others. We are purchasing a new build (small development, 30 or so houses) 3-bed detached house with garage, it has unadopted roads and drains. There's also a fairly large green area within and around the…
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Barclays - Is this how overpayments work? Thinking of switching to them from HSBC tracker.
Mortgage 186k Mortgage Payments 1k If I were to pick their 5 year fix for example, 3.95% Hypothetical Figures Monthly Mortgage Payment 1k Monthly Mortgage Overpayment £2999 (less than 3 months payments) 12 months payment = circa 48k, 36k overpayment balance. I can then ring and say I do not want to pay monthly anymore for…
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Variable rate
Hi all, as of October 2025 our mortgage will move from the fixed rate to variable rate as our house is on the market and we don’t wish to remortgage, we are just selling not buying another house after this one. As far as I understand the variable rate is whatever the Bank of England decides which is currently 4%. Our…
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Natwest Additional Borrowing
Hi i got a reply from natwest after applying for £80,000 additional borrowing for home improvements. What do i need to give them because mostly quotes from builders are by mouth only and hand written.Feeling very confused what to give them.I told them it will be for extension, kitchen, electrics and plumbing.Starting to…
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Remortgage in 4 months + looking to put house on market - any watch outs? Do's / Don'ts?
Hi everyone Keen for thoughts and suggestions - Situation; Current mortgage - £220K - 24 year term, LTV of approx 40%, tracker of base + 0.14% (so 4.14% currently) Term finishes end of Dec 2025 - so I'm keen to explore options now and ideally get a good deal locked in. Nationwide offering deals inc tracker at base + 0.14%…
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Buy to let section 157 mortgage
Looking for advice on securing a buy to let mortgage on a section 157 house (we are local and rent but can’t afford a larger house at the moment). All the figures add up but Nat West say no. There must surely be some lenders out there?
