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which would be better?

Which would be better ?

Keep £5k as money towards a house deposit or pay of all credit cards?

we regurlary move credit cards to interest free deals so my worry is that I don't want to pay them off if it wouldn't have a massive effect on our mortgage application. It would take us a long time to save a deposit like this towards a deposit.

The 5k however is a long term loan that has been delinked from a NRAM mortgage paying £50 a month over 19years. I know not ideal but we kept it back on the assumption that this outgoing would have less of an impact when applying for a mortgage

Which would people reccommend in terms of best course of action for applying for mortgage. ?

What is best in terms of applying for a mortgage 0 votes

Keep as deposit
0% 0 votes
Pay off Credit Cards
0% 0 votes
Pay off delink 19yr loan
0% 0 votes

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