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Single application, spouse bankrupt
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Guarantor mortgages are there to top up affordability not to provide affordability where otherwise it would be all but non existent.I am a Mortgage Broker
You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a Mortgage Broker, 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.0 -
I will just make my point again, speak to a decent broker.
Bankruptcy is 3 years old, there are lenders who will at the very least consider a joint application. I think that has more legs than you trying to get a guarantor mortgage in your wifes name only. Many lenders do not like sole applications where you are trying to avoid the husband/wife going on due to adverse.I am a Mortgage AdviserYou 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.0 -
update - got a mainstream mortgage in my name in Feb this year. 10% deposit. Broker fee was £2000 though, but any mortgage advisor not charging a fee said i would have no hope.
apologies for the first post, i edited a specific out and deleted the whole thing0
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