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NatWest mortgage help please

Good evening,

I was a FTB in May 2008, and bought a new build property for £112,000 with a !!95%!! LTV mortgage. So all in all with our fees and HLC charge added, our mortgage was roughly £108,000. We now owe £103,886.

Our dream home has now come on the market and the phone call I've just had with Natwest was VERY confusing - and I don't think I'm being stupid :-)

So, our current property is worth roughly the same as our outstanding mortgage amount and the potential new home is on market for £141,000

We're on a 5 year fixed rate, and are happy with that so would like to borrow the extra on a separate mortgage, the question is though; is the deposit that we have to pay on the ~£40,000 difference (the extra that we need) or on the whole £141,000?

Because obviously if we are looking at their 25% mortgages for existing customers moving home, 25% of £141,000 is very different from 25% of £40,000!

The man on the phone said that I was being stupid and there was no way I should be considering moving but we're both on good salaries, our dream home is on the market and we live in a teeny tiny house where I'd have to put a cot on the landing!

Anyway, look forward to the answer!

Many thanks

Lauren

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  • beecher2
    beecher2 Posts: 3,677 Forumite
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    The LTV would be calculated on the £141,000. As you have no equity, you'd need at least £35,250 saved, plus fees in order to be able to have a 75% LTV on the new house.
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