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No benefit to being between deposit 'bands'?

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Hi
Is it true that if you have a 12% deposit available, its not of any greater benefit to having a mortgage agreed than a 10%, that it just the 'bands' of 95-90-85% etc that would influence the approval?
Thanks in advance

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  • K_S
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    @afscot As far as rate and product is concerned, that's correct.

    Whether the actual size of the deposit (say 5% Vs 9%) makes any difference to the "credit-scoring" that the lender does for each application is hard to say.

    I am a Mortgage Adviser - You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a mortgage adviser, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice. 

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