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Poor credit rating and surprise CCJ!

Country_Diver · 2020-08-12 20:18:26

I'm a British military veteran legally resident in Spain, where I have lived continuously for 4½ years. I am currently in the process of buying a house of which I require a mortgage. One of the things mortgage brokers here ask for is a full credit report from your home country. This afternoon I setup an Experian.co.uk…

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Shakin_Steve Posts: 2,813 Forumite

13 August 2020 at 5:59PM edited 13 August 2020 at 6:02PM

Glad to hear you're living in Spain legally and are not an illegal immigrant. One of the reasons Lowell has got a bad name is because people don't like finding that they have a ccj when they ignore debts. Even if you consider them to be low lifes, you still went abroad leaving unsettled debts.

I came into this world with nothing and I've got most of it left.
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