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Mortgage Deed Witness

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MaggieBaking
MaggieBaking Posts: 964 Forumite
edited 6 October 2011 at 3:51PM in Mortgages & endowments
I need to send some information off to the solicitiors re mortgage and it's asking for our signatures to be signed by a witness.

It doesn't give any more information than that, can it be anyone? Should it be a solicitor? Do we need separate witnesses for 2 signatures?

For the witnesses - if not solicitors, can they be of any occupation, re Retired?

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  • kingstreet
    kingstreet Posts: 39,256 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Unless it specifies otherwise, anyone can witness your signature(s) and you can use the same witness for both signatures as far as I know.
    I am a mortgage broker. You 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. Please do not send PMs asking for one-to-one-advice, or representation.
  • hillcats
    hillcats Posts: 899 Forumite
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    When we re-mortgaged, I ask the wife' parents to witness our sigs on the mortgage deed - no probs at all.
    It never stated that must not be family or must be certain professional .... etc
    ORIGINAL MORTGAGE AMOUNT £106,454.00 (Started Sept 2007)
    NOV 2021 O/S AMOUNT £1,694.41 OUR DEBT REDUCED BY £104,759.59 by std regular, over-payments & off-setting.
    BofE +0.19% Tracker Repayment Offset Mortgage Discounted Sept 07-10 then increased to BofE +0.62% until 2027
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