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Mortgage advise

I was wondering if any one could give me some advise. We currently have our mortgage with Skipton & are looking to downsize. The problem we have is that we have a big penalty for coming out of or reducing our mortgage, but it does need to be done as we now only have one wage coming in. This penalty & the drop in value of our house means that we now have a very small deposit to move on with. So are there any 95% mortgages available or are there any other suggestion? ( or what is the highest ltv available?) alternatively, if you knocked down the vendor on price are there any lenders that will lend on valuation instead of purchase price?
thank you

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  • iamana1ias
    iamana1ias Posts: 3,777 Forumite
    I was wondering if any one could give me some advise. We currently have our mortgage with Skipton & are looking to downsize. The problem we have is that we have a big penalty for coming out of or reducing our mortgage, but it does need to be done as we now only have one wage coming in. This penalty & the drop in value of our house means that we now have a very small deposit to move on with. So are there any 95% mortgages available

    nope
    or are there any other suggestion? ( or what is the highest ltv available?)

    90% is the max, and you may struggle to get that (85% is easier)
    alternatively, if you knocked down the vendor on price are there any lenders that will lend on valuation instead of purchase price?

    nope (have you thought about what you are asking??!)
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  • Thanks, I have seen some 95% mortgage but they are offered to existing customers only, so I thought maybe some lenders would offer one
  • You *may* find if you ask to port the mortgage, you only pay a proportion of the ERC, that reflects the proportionate reduction in the mortgage. Depends on your Ts&Cs.

    Worth a phone call.


    If not a goer, you could sell and then rent somewhere cheap for a while to rebuild a deposit.
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  • i rang skipton & they will let me port mortgage & only pay redemption on the % redeemed but they now require a 15% deposit (only 10% was required when we tookout the mortgage) which we dont have
  • beecher2
    beecher2 Posts: 3,677 Forumite
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    selling and renting is probably your best bet then.
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