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housing benefit and high earner mortgage
novicia
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Just started process of applying for a mortgage. I live on my own and receive housing benefit due to my illness. My fiance lives elsewhere and is a high earner. We are applying for a joint mortgage which he will pay for and I will give up my flat and housing benefit. We plan to marry next year. One lender told us they cannot accept our joint application because I'm in receipt of housing benefit even though my fiance earns £85k per year. What is the best thing we can do to get this mortgage? Should I cancel my housing benefit?
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I'm happy to be corrected on this but you wouldn't be in possession of HB after completion? So couldn't a broker just state that on an application?0
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We wouldn't include housing benefit on the application so it wouldn't matter if you are receiving it now - we would just ignore it
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Why not just get a mortgage in the earners name ? I got a mortgage just in my name purely because we couldn’t be arsed or needed to have it in joint names, didn’t need my other half’s income. House is still in joint names.........0
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Thats what I said but they said they simply do not accept applicants that currently receive hb. Even though I won't be claiming when I move.Getting_greyer said:I'm happy to be corrected on this but you wouldn't be in possession of HB after completion? So couldn't a broker just state that on an application?0 -
So your partner owns half the house? Did you put them as a dependant?rik111 said:Why not just get a mortgage in the earners name ? I got a mortgage just in my name purely because we couldn’t be arsed or needed to have it in joint names, didn’t need my other half’s income. House is still in joint names.........
Was told we had to do joint or be a dependent.0 -
But until you actually move in together, ie after the house is bought, you are not a dependentnovicia said:
So your partner owns half the house? Did you put them as a dependant?
Was told we had to do joint or be a dependent.0 -
If one lender has said no then either speak to a broker who will know which lenders are ok with the scenario and can place you with a different lender or contact different lenders yourself. Out of interest which lender did you speak to? If you want to speak to a broker and don't have one then some of us who post here are independent brokers and we are identifiable by our signatures. We are not allowed to approach posters but most of us are happy to respond to pm's asking for helpnovicia said:
Thats what I said but they said they simply do not accept applicants that currently receive hb. Even though I won't be claiming when I move.Getting_greyer said:I'm happy to be corrected on this but you wouldn't be in possession of HB after completion? So couldn't a broker just state that on an application?1
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