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Can / should he get a mortgage?
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smartpicture wrote: »That's interesting, thanks. Anyway, he's got an appointment with a mortgage broker this afternoon, so that may well put the kibosh on things.
Hopefully for his sake it willI am a Mortgage AdviserYou 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.0 -
neverdespairgirl wrote: »I imagine they are getting a LOT keener on it now.
You are correct - I can assure you they are increasingly geared up regarding mortgage application fraud. The OPs friend may find himself loaded on national databases as a fraudster which will mean problems not just with future credit applications but simpler things such as motor and home insurance too. A couple of posts of interest:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/regulator-targets--mortgage-fraud-874933.html
http://www.cifas.org.uk/default.asp?edit_id=564-280
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