We’d like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate on the Forum.

This is to keep it a safe and useful space for MoneySaving discussions. Threads that are – or become – political in nature may be removed in line with the Forum’s rules. Thank you for your understanding.

📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!
The Forum now has a brand new text editor, adding a bunch of handy features to use when creating posts. Read more in our how-to guide

Desperate for help!

rhianny2244
rhianny2244 Posts: 10 Forumite
Second Anniversary First Post
edited 20 March 2019 at 7:33PM in Mortgages & endowments
all sorted :-) thanks for the help!

Comments

  • ACG
    ACG Posts: 24,833 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper I've helped Parliament
    Ignore the score on the credit report it is worthless.
    Stop doing decision in principles, this is potentially what has caused the problems. You only need one DIP at most, I try to avoid doing DIPs until the person is ready to apply. Too many credit checks can lower your score if you add in the DIPs from anything else (mobile phone contracts for example) you can end up having quite a few checks carried out.

    You should really find a broker to go through your report and find a lender who is likely to accept you rather than applying being hopeful.
    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.
  • how would you recommend finding a broker? we cant afford to pay thousands in broker fees? thanks!
  • ACG
    ACG Posts: 24,833 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper I've helped Parliament
    edited 15 March 2019 at 8:44PM
    It wont be thousands, for something like this it should be no more than £500. There are brokers who do not charge so you may prefer to go down the fee free route. Im not saying fee charging brokers are any better or worse than fee charging brokers, but I know when we were fee free we had to do a lot of business to make a wage, it meant we were not around as much as we should be and were always on the back foot.
    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.
  • We have spoken to several brokers who charge between £350-£500 :)
    First Time Buyer
    AIP 18/02/2020 - Full Application 25/02/2020 - Valuation - 16/03/2020
    17/03/2020 - Mortgage Offer Issued
    23/03/2020 - LOCKDOWN

    19/06/2020 - Exchange of Contracts
    07/08/2020 - Officially Homeowners
  • E11btt
    E11btt Posts: 27 Forumite
    Third Anniversary 10 Posts
    I had adverse credit. My broker charged me £250. We have now been living in our new house for 2 years. Our household income was very strong (in excess of £100k) and we had raised 10% deposit. But nevertheless we had a rough time due to adverse credit which has now thankfully cleared. Im not sure if I can mention the broker that we dealt with here on the forum?
This discussion has been closed.
Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 353.4K Banking & Borrowing
  • 254.1K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 455K Spending & Discounts
  • 246.5K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 602.8K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 178K Life & Family
  • 260.5K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.7K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.