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Will this go in my favour?

Hi All,


I will be applying for a mortgage in 18 months. I will still have late payments present on my credit file although they will be 2.5 years old by this point. Only '1' markers and no defaults or CCJ's.


I know that these late payments WILL be an issue but will the fact that I am only looking 60-65%LTV help me to secure a reasonable deal? I really don't want to go down the sub prime route if possible.


There have been and will be no more late payments since the ones that I have already mentioned.

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  • Thrugelmir
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    I know that these late payments WILL be an issue but will the fact that I am only looking 60-65%LTV help me to secure a reasonable deal?

    LTV is only part of the equation when lenders process your application. In principle the lower the LTV the better the interest rate that a lender will offer.
  • amnblog
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    All rates are reasonable in the current market.

    Will you have your pick of rates? No

    Will you get something sensible? If everything else stacks - yes
    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.
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