Advice needed: ex-husband wants to keep house

TheScientist

My husband and I have recently seperated and he wants to keep the house. I have agreed to a settlement for my equity on the property, however, the house was originally bought in just my name (I was a 1st time buyer so it avoided stamp duty) with the mortgage just in my name too, although it was our joint family home.
I have had an offer accepted on a new house, and will require the equity on our married home as a deposit. My mortgage has been approved.
Can anyone advise me on the best (cheapest/simplest/quickest) way to transfer the house to him please? Can we simply change the name on the deeds and mortgage, then he can transfer the equity by increasing his mortgage? So far, he has tried to set up a new mortgage with a different company but has been told that since he already owns another property (which he rents out), he cannot use my equity as his deposit, then repay me after completion.

Any advice would be very gratefully received... Thanks!

kingstreet

He is buying the property from you, so it's full legals, stamp duty (if over £125k etc).

Is he buying it from you at some kind of discount?

Is this other property a BTL? Is it self-financing?

From whom has he sought advice on how to approach this?

Caz3121

will your husband be able to get a sufficient mortgage to buy the property? how far down the process is this?
have you declared to your mortgage lender that you already have a residential mortgage in your name?