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Paranoia or bad credit

Hello all

Hope you all can give some advise. Shortly me and my wife will be applying for a mortgage (help to buy with 5% deposit) we do have a couple of blips. The paranoid me thinks these might scupper a mortgage but I’m probably overacting. To summarise for my wife:

One late payment in 2013
One late payment in 2014

Both for less than £50 for a catalogue

And for me a late payment on a bank account in 2013 due to exceeding overdraft by less than £50

Any thoughts?

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  • ACG
    ACG Posts: 24,881 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper I've helped Parliament
    Should be fine with most lenders I think.
    I am a Mortgage Adviser
    You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a mortgage adviser, 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.
  • ap1985
    ap1985 Posts: 325 Forumite
    From a non-mortgage advisor point of view, I understand this should be okay! My credit history was far from perfect, however, here I am now a happy home owner. Good luck :)
    :jFinally going to be a homeowner:T
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