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Need a mortgage broker to search the whole market.

I am making an enquiry as to whether my mother aged 73 can get a mortgage and the criteria.

Please PM if you can undertake a general search for us.

Many thanks for reading
"enough is a feast"...old Buddist proverb

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  • ACG
    ACG Posts: 24,690 Forumite
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    There will be lenders who go up to 80.

    You will be very limited and her income will need to support it (pensions/benefits or even paid employment if she is working and expects to be at age 80).
    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.
  • theGrinch
    theGrinch Posts: 3,133 Forumite
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    yes. we have found up to 80, but were hoping for a few more years up to 85.
    "enough is a feast"...old Buddist proverb
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