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Bluestone mortgages after drafty account

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Hi everyone. Will try to keep this short.
Applying via broker with Bluestone mortgages. Full app goes in tomorrow. They already have all documents.
Me - £16,202 - self employed, 1 default, settled, over 4 years old, 1 CCJ, settled, over 4 years old.
Husband - £26,000 - self employed, settled CCJ, overv4 years old.

We had a "Drafty" account. Like a line of credit - says on website not a payday loan. Like having access to an overdraft. All paid of as of July and account closed.

Will this scupper us? Terrified that they will clarify it as a payday loan!
Other than that, do you think the case looks strong? We're using HTB on a £184,995 new build. We have 5% deposit. If we weren't using HTB apparently we'd be on their "clear rate".
Thank you in advance!

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  • ACG
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    When did you stop using it/close it?
    What was the interest rate? Some lenders class high interest loans as pay day loans (I have had that argument with underwriters before), I think with bluestone it is anything above 60% interest is a pay day loan, so you may need to see if it is within criteria - or run it by your broker.
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