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Mortgage HELP Please

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Im 26 single on 21k/annum. Im trying to decide if it would be a sound financial decision to buy my friends 3 bed semi detached house for £150K. I hope to have approx 15K for a deposit but am not sure yet if this would then be enough to get a mortgage? Then my plan would be to live in the large room and rent the other 2 either to work colleagues or students. hopefully this would bring in approx £800/pcm. This would presumably cover my mortgage then i could continue to save my own money.

I realize there are many risks involved such as getting tenents/interest rates rising, repairs. My other option is to move back in with my parents and save somewhere in the region of £500 a month. Does anyone have any experience or advice they could give me in order to help me make my decision????

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  • Simple answer to the above. Starting saving even more for a bigger deposit if you are serious. No bank will borrow you that amount of money for that salary unfortunately.

    You will be very lucky getting in the region of £88.2k loan.

    Good luck anyway.
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  • Simple answer to the above. Starting saving even more for a bigger deposit if you are serious. No bank will borrow you that amount of money for that salary unfortunately.

    You will be very lucky getting in the region of £88.2k loan.

    Good luck anyway.

    Sadly OP Teddy is absolutely right, on your current salary you don't stand any chance of raising the money you require.
    Thinking critically since 1996....
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