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Buy direct from bank

f1rsttimebuyer_2
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Is there any benefit to finding out which bank has repossessed a property, then apply for the mortgage with them direct?
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No.
You would still have to go through their status checks, and the property would still have to go through normal conveyencing.
Hope this helps
Holly0 -
Yes thanks. I asked my estate agent just because I was being nosey really and they abruptly told me it was non of my business!!0
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f1rsttimebuyer wrote: »Yes thanks. I asked my estate agent just because I was being nosey really and they abruptly told me it was non of my business!!
That's because it's not. Lenders employ agents for good reason.0
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