Broker keyed in Miss not Mrs

Betty2012

Can anyone advise how big an issue this will be? My broker had all of my ID payslips, bank statements but as I am a single application must have presumed I am miss. I changed my name by deed poll 15 years ago intending to get married we split up 8 years ago instead .I just kept my name.

The underwriters have come back asking why the application says miss and all docs say mrs and to please explain. 

I am panicking now. How big of a problem is this. They have already done a hard search. 

[Deleted User]

'made a typo, please amend to Mrs'

Mistakes happen. This one is common and easily fixed

Betty2012

Deleted_User said:

'made a typo, please amend to Mrs'

Mistakes happen. This one is common and easily fixed

Thanks so much for this. Was reading horror stories of mispelling causing a whole new application. 

Thrugelmir

Mrs infers you are married which you say you are not.  Hardly surprising it's confusing matters. 

Betty2012

Thrugelmir said:

Mrs infers you are married which you say you are not.  Hardly surprising it's confusing matters. 

Miss just sounds so young. Working in a school also it was just easier to keep my name. Guess I could have gone ms. I honestly have not given it a thought in years. 

Just worried now application is at the underwriters. 

Thrugelmir

Betty2012 said:

Thrugelmir said:

Mrs infers you are married which you say you are not.  Hardly surprising it's confusing matters. 

Miss just sounds so young. Working in a school also it was just easier to keep my name. Guess I could have gone ms. I honestly have not given it a thought in years. 

Just worried now application is at the underwriters. 

Your title is your choice. Not something that is set by deed poll. 

MalMonroe

I can't believe that any institution would make a big deal of this in the 21st century! It's only a title, for goodness' sake. Since my divorce, I am variously called Miss, Mrs or Ms (which I prefer but which people don't always use) - they're all perfectly legal titles, as are yours.

So basically it really doesn't matter. As Deleted_User (a Mortgage Advisor) says, mistakes happen. Easily rectified. No need to panic.

Betty2012

Thanks all. 

Batesy1976

Thrugelmir said:

Betty2012 said:

Thrugelmir said:

Mrs infers you are married which you say you are not.  Hardly surprising it's confusing matters. 

Miss just sounds so young. Working in a school also it was just easier to keep my name. Guess I could have gone ms. I honestly have not given it a thought in years. 

Just worried now application is at the underwriters. 

Your title is your choice. Not something that is set by deed poll. 

No it's not.

Try calling yourself "Doctor" "Sir" or "Baroness" and see how far you get.

davidmcn

Batesy1976 said:

Thrugelmir said:

Betty2012 said:

Thrugelmir said:

Mrs infers you are married which you say you are not.  Hardly surprising it's confusing matters. 

Miss just sounds so young. Working in a school also it was just easier to keep my name. Guess I could have gone ms. I honestly have not given it a thought in years. 

Just worried now application is at the underwriters. 

Your title is your choice. Not something that is set by deed poll. 

No it's not.

Try calling yourself "Doctor" "Sir" or "Baroness" and see how far you get.

No particular legal reason why you can't call yourself any of those as far as I'm aware (assuming it's not part of a more elaborate fraud) - not sure why it would make any difference to a mortgage application anyway. 

Emmia

I asked a well known high st bank to change my title from Mrs to Ms on my accounts - and the staff member in branch asked to see my divorce papers to action this.

I'm not divorced, and have no intention of getting divorced - so I explained that I preferred a non marital status specific title, and asked to see her manager