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should i cancel these unused accounts to help with mortgage

we have yet to market our property and find another but I am thinking ahead as we will need to ask for more money to move.
I have two store cards (Debenhams and Next) both currently unused, one hasn't been used for poss two years and the other for over 8 months. Would it look better if I had these accounts closed or should we leave them open?
We have no other debts, no HP, no loans, a credit card each which are both cleared monthly, a mobile phone each which never go over the low contracts that we have.
I have heard it can go against you if you don't have enough?
should add also that the accounts I was going to close were only opened to get discounts, they were cleared in full after the first purchase and never used again.

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  • Thrugelmir
    Thrugelmir Posts: 89,546 Forumite
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    Probably won't make any difference. Though there's no harm in doing some housekeeping and keeping matters neat and tidy. Particularly if you've no plans to use ever again.
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