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First time buyer questions

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  • smdabs
    smdabs Posts: 100 Forumite
    Very odd - but a win for you as bet that sped up the application process a fair bit!


    The back and forth re my deposit added nearly 4 weeks on to the purchase! (thus why I said make sure you have everything ready to go OP... I was running around like a headless chicken!)
  • jimbo2108
    jimbo2108 Posts: 95 Forumite
    Second Anniversary 10 Posts Name Dropper
    Yea very true, offer through to completion took just over 2 months incl Christmas break and a holiday in between! To be fair I kept harassing the Solicitors to make sure they were kept on their toes.
  • smdabs
    smdabs Posts: 100 Forumite
    I wont scare the OP, but mine took over 6 months thanks to very shoddy EA's (thankfully not mortgage related, that was sorted in 2 weeks - I have to give Halifax credit for their speediness!)
  • jimbo2108
    jimbo2108 Posts: 95 Forumite
    Second Anniversary 10 Posts Name Dropper
    Well I think weve gone a bit of the topic here! But all the best
  • suparman
    suparman Posts: 11 Forumite
    Thank you for your replies.

    I’m going to harass my broker a little today and start getting everything ready from my end so we can move quickly when the time comes.
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