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If at first you don;t succeed
MarkSymes
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I rang Barclay's today to apply for their tracker mortgage (following some helpful advice from people on here), and ,when I explained that I was buying a house in part exchange for mine, which I planned on putting straight on the market once I'd moved in, was told that this would be a bridging loan, and they weren't interested (after the advisor I spoke to had spoken to her supervisor).
I rang back about 5 minutes later, to check if it made any difference that I wasn;t necessarily going to pay back the mortgage once I sold my new house, as I would be buying somewhere else and could be interested in porting it, and the second person I spoke to said 'Oh no, that all sounds fine to me, off you go!;
Just goes to show that if the first person you speak to isn't helpful, can't hurt to ring back and try again!
I rang back about 5 minutes later, to check if it made any difference that I wasn;t necessarily going to pay back the mortgage once I sold my new house, as I would be buying somewhere else and could be interested in porting it, and the second person I spoke to said 'Oh no, that all sounds fine to me, off you go!;
Just goes to show that if the first person you speak to isn't helpful, can't hurt to ring back and try again!
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Because Barclays were cheaper?
Also, I already banked with them so I hoped that might speed things up a bit.0 -
What tracker rate where Barclays doing for you?
Any fees?
I agree with poster above I thought HSBC were the cheapest...Keep the right company because life's a limited business.0 -
0.89 above base rate, only fee is £275 exit fee (I guess that might make it more expensive than HSBC actually, I don't know if they have an exit fee).0
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If at first you don't succeed...
sky-diving isn't for you....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
if at first you don't succeed, you're not Chuck Norris.0
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