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Gift from parents - do we need both signatures?
jase888
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Buying a house with my girlfriend and her parents have gifted us £8,000 for the deposit/fees and our solicitor has asked for a letter signed from them.
One issue they have is her dad works abroad on other side of the world so he cant sign the letter, her mums signed it and she is joint account holder and can withdraw funds so will this be ok? Or will our solicitor insist on both?
Thanks
One issue they have is her dad works abroad on other side of the world so he cant sign the letter, her mums signed it and she is joint account holder and can withdraw funds so will this be ok? Or will our solicitor insist on both?
Thanks
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Just say its a gift from the mum only. Problem solved. They don't care as long as it'sa gift not a loan.0
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Just say its a gift from the mum only. Problem solved. They don't care as long as it'sa gift not a loan.
Thanks for reply, well we at the end of the application and said it was a gift from both earlier on (didnt think at the time). They have the letter addressed to both of them.
Could her mum just reply to the letter stating its a gift just from her and she wont want it back and not mention her husband? She was going to reply saying her husband cant sign it as he away.0 -
can it be scanned and emailed to him? He could print it; sign it and send it back?0
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can it be scanned and emailed to him? He could print it; sign it and send it back?
We could scan it and email to him but he doesnt have a scanner to sent it back instantly so would need to print and post it. It would take a few weeks to come back id imagine and we need it ASAP.
The house we buying the sellers are really pushing us to get this completed within the next week or so. Not sure whats best really0 -
Two names on the letter = two signatures
One name on the letter = one signatureI 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.0 -
We could scan it and email to him but he doesnt have a scanner to sent it back instantly so would need to print and post it. It would take a few weeks to come back id imagine and we need it ASAP.
The house we buying the sellers are really pushing us to get this completed within the next week or so. Not sure whats best really
Does he have a mobile phone? He can download a scanner app then email it back I use camscanner which is good, lots of them out there though.0 -
There are plenty of apps which will let you take in a signature and put it onto a PDF.
But Id take the path of least resistance and say its now a gift from mother only.0
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