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Solicitors started to exchange documents but i don't have offer yet

Hi dilemma is we accepted offer on our house and gave offer to new house solicitors started to exchange details and asking for payments we only porting mortgage as we in fixed deal with the bank and erc is  10k .  our income 40k and we only need 32%ltv  should we wait for offer or pay solicitors to start work?

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  • davidmcn
    davidmcn Posts: 23,596 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    If you don't have any particular concern about getting a mortgage offer, I would just progress the legal work in the meantime.
  • sofsar
    sofsar Posts: 102 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    It’s only a small morgage and you earn a lot so go for it. The fees should be a quarter of the quote to pay upfront which they use for searches 
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