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We had a remortgage arranged for us by a broker.We paid him an arrangement fee of £99 to do this.To cut a long story short it went on for 2 months until we finally got the mortgage offer from the lender (fixed).After seeing all the figures and weighing up what was best for us we decided to stick with our current lender which is on a tracker mortgage because of advice that the interest will get lower as the months go on.The Broker was to be paid £500 by the lender when the mortgage was completed.Now because we cancelled the broker has now sent us a bill for £500 for his fees! Has he the right to do this? Any advice would be helpful thanks.

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  • Mr_helpful
    Mr_helpful Posts: 3,233 Forumite
    Details of how he charges will be in the IDD (initial [STRIKE]Deception[/STRIKE] Disclosure Document) That he gave you on your first visit.
    I like to give people as many choices as possible to do what I want them to. (Milton H Erickson I think)
  • minimike2
    minimike2 Posts: 2,210 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    You shouldnt have to pay this if the IDD doesn't outline it.

    Can you post the wording in the secition "What you have to pay us for our service", including the refund part - then we can advise.

    Mr Helpful - Thats a pretty unhelpful comment and pretty non-constructive.
  • I will check the wording on the IDD when i get home and come back thanks
  • koexelek
    koexelek Posts: 7,847 Forumite
    Mr_helpful wrote: »
    Details of how he charges will be in the IDD (initial [strike]Deception[/strike] Disclosure Document) That he gave you on your first visit.

    The dodgy brokers don't bother with one of them :eek:
    I am a Mortgage adviser
    You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a Mortgage Adviser, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice.
  • feisty1
    feisty1 Posts: 1,487 Forumite
    Lockets wrote: »

    Lockets: Out of interest how much do you think you should pay him?
  • Wutang_2
    Wutang_2 Posts: 2,513 Forumite
    feisty1 wrote: »
    Lockets wrote: »

    Lockets: Out of interest how much do you think you should pay him?

    Out or more interest, do you like this font or this?
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