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Equity release - BISF property
My parents want to do equity release on their BISF property. We haven’t had any luck finding a lender who will do this. It was built in the 1950s, which I think is the main issue. Has anyone else had any luck doing this and could recommend a lender please?
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Buying 50% equity
Hi guys. I own a house that I want my girlfriend to own 50/50. I'm so confused how she can buy into my equity and own half the equity and half the mortgage. House value £340,000 Current Mortgage £140,000 My equity £200,000 I rang my mortgage company who said I'd need to add her to the mortgage which I understand fully.…
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Can I stop paying my mortgage for a few weeks until the house sale goes through?
Hi. I've accepted an offer on my house (after an earlier offer fell through at the last minute). I'm in the process of buying a flat - net result will be that I will be able to pay off my mortgage (around £95k). In order not to lose the flat, I need to pay a 2.5% deposit and rent it for 3 months. I asked my mortgage…
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Remortgaging when value has risen significantly
Evening folks Time to remortgage in a year or so, but since we bought the house we have done a lot of work, including new bigger kitchen/open plan living space, extra bathroom, new utility room - plenty more too Zoopla has the estimate value already as quite a lot more than we paid for the property (not overly convinced -…
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Mortgage Annual Statement - Interest and Repayment of Mortgage
Hi All, I recently received my annual Mortgage statement and it breaks down my monthly repayments and then has a new line for balance adjustment where the take a portion of that payment for the interest payment. My question is: Why is the interest payment more than what goes towards my mortgage repayments? Basic Details:…
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Asking for a revaluation to borrow more whilst in the middle of renovations
Hi, I’m new to the forum and have read through a lot of threads which all contain great wisdom. I wonder if anyone can give some advice to me. We sold our house and bought a ‘doer upper’ in Dec last year, we ported our existing mortgage and borrowed more at the same time to undertake the renovations, we did it this way as…
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HSBC Mortgage application timelines
Hi All, I not found any recent HSBC mortgage application timeline that’s why I started new post. My application timeline as below. AIP & Application : 11th March 2021 Credit search : 11th March ( 7 time soft search & 1 hard search) credit search : 17th March 2021 Ask additional docs: 17th March 2021 Docs submitted : 17th…
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Nationwide application
Good evening, we had an AIP approved in June. Due to the fact that we don’t hold a British passport had to apply over the phone. Application was referred and accepted with 2 days. fast forward to now having accepted an offer on our property and having had an offer accepted on a property we want to buy our broken submitted…
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Virgin Money Credit Services
Hi Ive recently had correspondence from Virgin Money credit services in relation to my mortgage, which doesn’t contain their logo (which I find a bit strange) but also which gives a telephone number different to the one that appeared on all their correspondence until earlier this year and which is the one normally listed…
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Offset, Overpayment or Saving Account?
Hello, hope someone can shed a bit of light please? I have approx. £32k left on a offset mortgage 0.75% over
base (currently 5.75%) the property is valued at about £280k and I have 6 years
left. We have been (joint) with YBS for the whole term of the mortgage but never
been in the position to use the offset bit. We now…
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Nationwide Mortgage process
Evening, We’ve had our DIP from Nationwide and submitted a full application. A hard credit check was done upon application and a desktop valuation completed the same day which they were happy with. i just wondered if anyone knew what the next steps are and if it looks likely we will get a mortgage offer as they’ve done a…
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Mortgage broker messed up
I went through a broker I had used before to try to fix my mortgage before predicted rate rises and release extra capital for the building work we are undertaking. They had been bought out by a larger broker since I last dealt with them, but seemed quite proactive and helpful. I contacted them in late November, provided…
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Helping family out
I am looking for a bit of advice. I purchased my first home last year, and to be honest, the only way I was bale to do so is because my mum passed away, unexpectedly and I received an inheritance. My sister is honestly not very good with money and seems to have blown her way through most of her inheritance, already and is…
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Buying two flats to turn into one house advice
Hi there! So my wife and I want to buy a house that's been converted into two flats, then turn those flats back into one house. The issue is: the mortgage. Most lenders, as we understand it, won't lend on the promise of the house being a house--they'll value it as two flats. Most people won't let you have a mortgage on two…
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Why do some lenders allow brokers to offer even better rates than themselves?
My current 2 year fixed deal comes to an end in early December. Using the link from the MSE email I see that Santander is offering an even better rate through a broker than they can offer themselves to me. Why is that? You'd think the lender would be offering the very best rate.
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Mortgage or Loan
Hi I’m looking for some advice, we are going to get our loft converted next month. I expect it to cost in the region of £50k (depends on the finishes we go for, carpets, whether we get fitted wardrobes etc). Our house without the loft conversion is worth c£380k, there is £118k / 15 years left on the mortgage on a fixed…
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Woolwich openplan offset tracker mortgage guide
Is there anyone who has or had one of these mortgages taken out around 2006-8 that recalls being given a guide before they took the product out or has part of your paperwork. And if so does anyone have it still please as I am keen to get / see one thank you
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Homebuy Wales
Hi. Looking at buying a property through the Homebuy Wales Scheme. Where you buy 70% of the property and the housing association owns 30%. You don’t pay rent on the remainder but do pay it back when you come to sell. I just called Barclays to see if they do it and they said no. They had never heard of it. Does anyone have…
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Residential Mortgage with linked mixed-use property
Hi, Looking to purchase a cottage with land. The original sales listing was for the lot at £450k or in 2 lots, cottage £350, land £100 Offer accepted at £450k It turns out there is an overage clause against the land and no mainstream lender will offer a mortgage due to this. I am in a position to pay cash (£100) for the…
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Remortgaging: should I close zero balance credit cards?
Hi, we’re due to remortgage in March 2025. I’ve been working really hard to clear all my credit card debt so I’m in the strongest position possible. I’m pleased to say that I’m nearly debt free! However I’m now wondering what I should do with my credit card which will have a zero balance on it but a limit of £12k. I’m not…
