Can I get a mortgage if i've got a clean credit history but in my overdraft?

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Hi all,
Just some advice please (my IFA is really slow at getting the job done!). I am trying to secure a mortgage for a property I have reserved. It is a new build property and I am purchasing it under the first-buy scheme (95% mortgage and 5% deposit). I have a clean credit history (999 score via experian) but I am in my overdraft and have been for some time (because I had to pay my family mortgage for unforseen circumstances, got ill and signed off work and to top it off was employed in a very underpaid job!). Is there a chance I can still get a mortgage? My overdraft is agreed and has all been declared.
My application was declined but I am appealing with the advice of my IFA but I wanted to know what my chances are of obtaining a mortgage?
Just some advice please (my IFA is really slow at getting the job done!). I am trying to secure a mortgage for a property I have reserved. It is a new build property and I am purchasing it under the first-buy scheme (95% mortgage and 5% deposit). I have a clean credit history (999 score via experian) but I am in my overdraft and have been for some time (because I had to pay my family mortgage for unforseen circumstances, got ill and signed off work and to top it off was employed in a very underpaid job!). Is there a chance I can still get a mortgage? My overdraft is agreed and has all been declared.
My application was declined but I am appealing with the advice of my IFA but I wanted to know what my chances are of obtaining a mortgage?
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These mortgages are only available for squeaky clean credit history with good job and financially responsible people. However most of us are sensible with money but some situations makes us get into the difficult position.
A decline from a bank may not be overturned by an appeal, I have not seen anyone in recent month having achieved this in the forum. However it does not mean that people do no appeal at all.
I think the chances of getting a mortgage on this rate would be highly impossible, given the overdraft issue.
If you can get the overdraft to 0 again and are able to meet the requirements on the affordability calculator for the lender, you should be able to get your refusal overturned.
So if I clear it for this month is that sufficient? My previous two bank statements would show I was in overdraft but would that be a problem?
Thanks:)
I guess you can see where I'm headed here...?
I'm really trying to make my own start in life and it seems unfair that i'm getting penalised because I was trying to keep up other peoples' motgage and bill payments! What is funny though is that I still managed all of this whilst being in my overdraft - so shouldn't that make me someone who is reliable?......
I could only clear my overdraft at the end of this month as it will be my first full month's pay. But I thought that the fact that I have savings to cover all the costs of the purchase and the first mortgage would be okay as my IFA said being in an agreed overdraft was fine! But it appears not! My IFA told me that having a credit card was a bad idea too, else I would have done a balance transfer??? I'm so confused!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Any advice please?!:(
Having a credit card and storing debt for the future is a coping mechanism that will bite back in the end.
J_B.
Debt is debt . Savings are savings.
Where its kept makes no difference. As the figures are netted off.
So forget about your debts and savings being in separate pots. Its not how finance works.
Clear your debts. Get your personal budget in order, and rebuild your savings.