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  • mplunk
    mplunk Posts: 29 Forumite
    GMS wrote: »
    They dont do 95%.

    More good news. Ah well...
  • BillJones
    BillJones Posts: 2,187 Forumite
    mplunk wrote: »
    Joint outstanding credit card balances 9,600
    On salary1 also a loan, outstanding 5,500 (monthly 170)
    On salary2 car lease payments monthly 212

    The above bits jump out at me. The lender may well wonder how you'll afford a mortgage if you've not managed to live off your salary so far.

    Is your credit card balance reducing at a decent pace?
  • mplunk
    mplunk Posts: 29 Forumite
    BillJones we're paying as a minimum 200 per month (which is still more than minimum payments) or sometimes can put couple of hundred more in, depending on a month. How fast should they be going down to look like a good pace?
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