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am i obliged to take the mortgage offer once applied

Hi everyone

this is my first post here. My offer to a house has been accepted. Now i am looking for the mortgage. Since the interest rate is increasing soon, I applied two mortgages at different places at the same time. Just in case I failed in one of them, i could have another backup and get a relatively lower interest.

The thing I am now worried is if I am obliged to take the mortgage once the application is approved. If not, do i need to pay sb. fee back to the bank? Thanks

Daewoo

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  • homer_j_3
    homer_j_3 Posts: 3,266 Forumite
    depends on your lenders re fees etc. you can pull out of any mortgage before completion
    I am a Mortgage Adviser
    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.
  • MarkyMarkD
    MarkyMarkD Posts: 9,913 Forumite
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    sb fee? Could you explain?
  • homer_j_3
    homer_j_3 Posts: 3,266 Forumite
    think they mean survey fee
    I am a Mortgage Adviser
    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.
  • sorry, a typo

    yes, it might include valuation+survey fee. One mortgage i applied is HSBC, zero fee at the moment. Not sure if i need to pay these fees back if i pull out it later. But they didn't give me terms and conditions for these issues when i applied today.
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