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Can I force my ex to sell up - if he isn't paying the mortgage...
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It sounds unlikely that he would be able to get a mortgage in his own name. He would have to meet all the conditions, including income multiplier, on his own and I bet he can't. So I think you can forget all about him buying you out.
The only way to get rid of that joint mortgage is for you to buy him out (getting your own mortgage, and getting the house) or for the house to be sold and the mortgage repaid with the proceeds. So one way or the other he needs to leave (if things were amicable you could buy him out and then rent the property to him, but I doubt that's appropriate here).
You need proper legal advice about the process and the costs of doing this, and you need it fast before he gets you further into debt and before the building society decide to sort this out for you by repossessing the place!0
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