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Mortgage Issue Question

lcfcstephen · 2016-08-25 11:38:19

Hi, I am currently in the process of buying a house, with completion date of 31.08. It's a new build property. I had been accepted for a mortgage, however TSB (the lender) have turned round and want more information about some of the deposit money. Some of the deposit was money left in trust from my grandfather with my…

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Thrugelmir Posts: 89,546 Forumite

25 August 2016 at 1:59PM

lcfcstephen wrote: »

Like I said, the solicitors and Broker accepted this after a while.

That's irrelevant. Lender needs to know that they are not at risk. Without the documented proof then they potentially are. Lenders aren't going to bend their own rules and make an exception.

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