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Help with forces help to buy

abs95
abs95 Posts: 32 Forumite
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in Mortgages & endowments
Hi 
my boyfriend and I have reserved a house with the reservation deadline being 20th March. We have almost collected everything for our mortgage application.
We will be using the forces help to buy towards our deposit.
My boyfriend is currently away in Kenya until the 18th, back for a few days then is on another course for a few weeks. Just wondering what our first step should be in applying for this and how long this usually takes?

any help or guidance would be massively appreciated

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  • kingstreet
    kingstreet Posts: 39,402 Forumite
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    You may wish to start here, then look at lender criteria;-
    https://www.gov.uk/guidance/forces-help-to-buy
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  • abs95
    abs95 Posts: 32 Forumite
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    Hi thanks I’ve already looked at this website and doesn’t give me the answer I need. Just need to know what the first step is in regards to my boyfriend applying and how this is done
    thanks though! 
  • NewShadow
    NewShadow Posts: 6,858 Forumite
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    edited 27 February 2020 at 4:59PM
    abs95 said:
    Hi thanks I’ve already looked at this website and doesn’t give me the answer I need. Just need to know what the first step is in regards to my boyfriend applying and how this is done
    thanks though! 
    Your boyfriend has to access the JPA tab via his defence network login - if he looks in the JPA Self Service User Guide he should see something called ‘Applying for Pre-Approval for FHTB.’

    Obvs quite a specific area so you might want to bookmark https://www.arrse.co.uk/community/forums/
    That sounds like a classic case of premature extrapolation.

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  • abs95
    abs95 Posts: 32 Forumite
    10 Posts
    NewShadow said:
    abs95 said:
    Hi thanks I’ve already looked at this website and doesn’t give me the answer I need. Just need to know what the first step is in regards to my boyfriend applying and how this is done
    thanks though! 
    Your boyfriend has to access the JPA tab via his defence network login - if he looks in the JPA Self Service User Guide he should see something called ‘Applying for Pre-Approval for FHTB.’

    Obvs quite a specific area so you might want to bookmark https://www.arrse.co.uk/community/forums/
    Thanks so much! 
  • ImThatGuy
    ImThatGuy Posts: 26 Forumite
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    Get him to contact his HR admin, there will be some out there with him. But rom speaking to a friend out there HR are sat around without access to computers 🙄 If that fails see if he can make contact with them back in his unit. 


  • abs95
    abs95 Posts: 32 Forumite
    10 Posts
    ImThatGuy said:
    Get him to contact his HR admin, there will be some out there with him. But rom speaking to a friend out there HR are sat around without access to computers 🙄 If that fails see if he can make contact with them back in his unit. 


    Thank you! His signal is a bit touch and go whilst he’s out there but I’ll see what he can do 
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