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Nationwide First Time Buyer Mortgage

Hi everyone,

If you are like us, then you'd have been scouring these forums for some relief to the absolutely horrific stress that comes with applying for a mortgage as a FTB.
As the newest forum I could find was 2018 I thought I'd share our experience/timeline here in 2020.

Timeline
Monday 6th Jan 2020 - Decision in Principle refer
Tuesday 7th Jan 2020 - Decision in Principle approved (following document submission)
Thursday 9th Jan 2020 - Mortgage Application submitted
Wednesday 15th Jan 2020 - Mortgage Valuation
Wednesday 15th Jan 2020 - Mortgage Valuation received
Friday 17th Jan 2020 - Valuation approved
Monday 20th Jan 2020 (Afternoon) - Request for verification on ID Docs
Monday 20th Jan 2020 (Evening) - Mortgage offer

Our LTV is 92%. We got texts and emails at every milestone with only 2 chaser calls.
Its been a very stressful time and its only 1 hurdle but all in all Nationwide have been very quick at processing our application, we were hard credit checked on the 16th Jan after the valuation.

I wish all FTB and anybody getting a mortgage the best of luck! You'll get through it (what i kept telling myself)

Comments

  • I'm SO pleased to see some positive news on this forum! I am a FTB looking to buy in the next few months and all I can see are horror stories and people having negative experiences :( if you are still to complete, I wish you the best of luck and a happy life in your new home!
    First Time Buyer (Scotland)
    DIP 13/02/2020 ~ Offer Accepted 02/03/2020 ~ Full Application 19/3/2020 ~ Valuation Booked 19/03/2020 ~ Mortgage Offer Issued 20/03/2020 ~ Completed 15/05/2020
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