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Buying a new home with proceeds of current home

We are looking to purchase a new property in the next few months and we will be selling the property we own outright to do this.

This means we will not need a mortgage as the property we are selling is currently worth more than the one we are buying.

My question is this. We would not have the cash for a 10% deposit readily available, so the fact we are going to buy the new property outright, is there anything we can do to show we have the deposit but just not in real cash.

Hope I have explained this correctly, but do ask any questions if you do not understand my question.

Thanks.

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  • arbrighton
    arbrighton Posts: 2,011 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    This happens in many home purchases- you will be part of a chain and will probably need to have an offer in place on your home to be able to proceed. On exchange on your sale, the deposit will be passed up the chain
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