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Re Mortgage + Adding Partners Name advice

Hi,

I purchased a property november last year to renovate and I currently have a mortgage with Leeds BS - SVR @ 5.5%

im halfway through the reonvation (kicthen, bathroom, 2 (out of 4) bedrooms, 1 of the living rooms, plumbing, full rewire etc all done) and My property value is around 85k (froom Zoopla) and i have 67k O/S on the mortgage - looking take 6k of equity to finish the renovation thats been going on over the past year.

The kicker is i would like to add my partners name to the mortage - Leeds have said its £195 fee + conveyancing costs, Is the simple alternative to remortgage to get the equity and add my partners name as part of the process?

Thanks

g0atface

Comments

  • happybroker
    happybroker Posts: 1,301 Forumite
    you would have to pay for the extra legal work involved in the change of ownership even on a "free legals" remortgage but it would certainly be worth a look
    Happily an ex mortgage broker!
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