Countrywide mortgage advisor

seaweed5254

Hi

I just had my first meeting with countrywide advisor (via bridgfords Estate agent). i am currently selling my property, hoping to move out of my flat to a house. I went via another estate agent.
I just wanted to ask if it's true that all mortgage brokers charge fees now. He mentioned that even london and country is now charging fees.

countrywide charges £175 when an application is made, and the final payment again of around £175 after the mortgage has been accepted.

I am just thinking of remortgaging my current deal and hopefully be able to port it once i sell and will be able to move house. However,i will be paying the same fees again when i'm ready to move. I'm currently with natwest at 4% SVR. i only have 67k left on a 105k prooerty, and i was just thinking that the remortgege fees is around 10 months' worth of savings on my mortgage payments..

any advice, please?

thanks.

dunstonh

I just had my first meeting with countrywide advisor (via bridgfords Estate agent).

oh well, never mind.

I just wanted to ask if it's true that all mortgage brokers charge fees now.

No. That is not correct. It is certainly quite common to be charged a small amount. You tend to find a fee charged in areas where the property values (and therefore mortgage amounts) are lower. For example, my mortgage advisers charge £295 unless the commission generated on the mortgage is above a certain amount. However, we are in an area where you can still buy houses under £100k and 4-5 bedroom detached are £200k. Without the fee, they wouldnt earn enough for a lot of people. There are lots of pricing models on the market and there are still some that do not charge a fee.

countrywide charges £175 when an application is made, and the final payment again of around £175 after the mortgage has been accepted.

Expensive for a limited service.

any advice, please?

Ring around a few local independent mortgage advisers and see what they can offer. Plus, with them you will get whole of market on mortgage and insurance. Unlike Countrywide.

marksoton

Ditch them and get a broker. Seriously.

betmunch

As far as I'm aware L&C don't charge fees. I'm far from their greatest fan, but I would still be honest and say they don't charge fees.

This guy has shown himself up as a liar, I would ditch ASAP.

Nothing wrong with charging fees, nothing wrong with being fees free, but being honest and trustworthy is important. To me at least

ACG

Countrywide are technically whole of markt, in reality they tend to use a limited number of lenders.

Most brokers do charge, but not all and L&C do not charge as far as im aware. Good way for the broker to start...with a load of rubbish!

betmunch

ACG wrote: »

Countrywide are technically whole of markt, in reality they tend to use a limited number of lenders.

Most brokers do charge, but not all and L&C do not charge as far as im aware. Good way for the broker to start...with a load of rubbish!

Looks to me like he's not confident in his offering.

You win business by showing how good you are, not lying about others proposition

ACG

Completely agree.
If you have to lie there is clearly an issue.

dunstonh

is it any wonder that Countrywide's reputation, and estate agent advisers in general, is in the gutter when you still get this sort of behaviour going on.

seaweed5254

thanks for your comments. i'm suppose to have a 2nd meeting with him next week. he was saying under the new law, they have to make 3 appointments with the clients and do extensive financial checks.

betmunch

seaweed5254 wrote: »

thanks for your comments. i'm suppose to have a 2nd meeting with him next week. he was saying under the new law, they have to make 3 appointments with the clients and do extensive financial checks.

The new rules do not have any guidance on the amount of appointments needed.

amnblog

Or indeed if appointments are needed at all.