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Can I buy mum's house for less than sale value?

Hi all, for the sake of simplicity, I'll use easy figures to ask my question:

My mum bought her house for £100,000 and has paid £50,000 towards it so far, so £50,000 left to pay. She now wants to move out with her partner and get a new property with him. She is happy for me to take over the remainder of the house so that it becomes mine (though she'll still have a 50% stake since she's paid off 50k).

Is it possible for me to get a mortgage of the remaining 50k and buy her out of her share of the house, so that I can fund the rest of the house, and she can put it towards her new home?

Thanks in advance.

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  • Thrugelmir
    Thrugelmir Posts: 89,546 Forumite
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    Your mother has £50k of equity in the property. If she wants some of this equity to fund her new purchase. Then you will need to borrow more than £50k to buy her out and replace the current mortgage. In the process her share of the property will therefore drop below 50%.
  • caprikid1
    caprikid1 Posts: 2,590 Forumite
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    Sounds like


    She wants you to get a 50K mortgage so the mother can get out the equity and then to leave you with the other 50K mortgage.


    This equates to a 100% mortgage however you do it ??


    This sounds not workable to me.
  • foxy-stoat
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    Mimmy wrote: »
    Hi all, for the sake of simplicity, I'll use easy figures to ask my question:

    My mum bought her house for £100,000 and has paid £50,000 towards it so far, so £50,000 left to pay. She now wants to move out with her partner and get a new property with him. She is happy for me to take over the remainder of the house so that it becomes mine (though she'll still have a 50% stake since she's paid off 50k).

    Is it possible for me to get a mortgage of the remaining 50k and buy her out of her share of the house, so that I can fund the rest of the house, and she can put it towards her new home?

    Thanks in advance.

    If she wants £50K out of it and you can buy the house for £100K then its possible, if its worth £125+ say. Some lenders will accept gifted equity as a deposit.

    She wont have any financial interest though.
  • amnblog
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    Mum owes £50,000 of the house, the Bank owes the rest.

    You could borrow £75,000 to pay off her mortgage and give her £25,000 surplus to put in the property with her new Partner.

    She can only take her full £50,000 if she sells.

    Plan B

    Under a specialist scheme.

    She sells, lets you have use of £10,000 with which you borrow £90,000 to buy at £100,000.

    After 3 years she can get her £10,000 back with interest, she has had her £50,000 and you own your own home.

    (You will need a good broker to sort this for you)
    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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