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Credit check after offer

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  • Luvlea83
    Luvlea83 Posts: 9 Forumite
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    MaryNB said:
    Luvlea83 said:
    kal-el said:
    I can't say for every lender but we applied for our mortgage in January and only completed it yesterday. Halifax only completed credit checks when we applied for the mortgage. There were no further checks before completion.
    It does seem to differ with Halifax. Some people have only had checks at application, and some have had checks throughout. We currently have an offer from Halifax and they have so far only ran a hard search on application then once more when we changed address on our application. I don't think there is a hard and fast rule. OP I would recommend checking other credit reference agencies to see if their records match up with Experian. You may get a bit more insight
    I have checked my Equifax which is the agency they use and weirdly it is not showing on there.  I hope they won’t refuse my mortgage now 
    They use Transunion and Experian as well. I got checked on those two when I applied for my mortgage, but not Equifax.
    Was that with pepper money?
  • MaryNB
    MaryNB Posts: 2,319 Forumite
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    Luvlea83 said:
    MaryNB said:
    Luvlea83 said:
    kal-el said:
    I can't say for every lender but we applied for our mortgage in January and only completed it yesterday. Halifax only completed credit checks when we applied for the mortgage. There were no further checks before completion.
    It does seem to differ with Halifax. Some people have only had checks at application, and some have had checks throughout. We currently have an offer from Halifax and they have so far only ran a hard search on application then once more when we changed address on our application. I don't think there is a hard and fast rule. OP I would recommend checking other credit reference agencies to see if their records match up with Experian. You may get a bit more insight
    I have checked my Equifax which is the agency they use and weirdly it is not showing on there.  I hope they won’t refuse my mortgage now 
    They use Transunion and Experian as well. I got checked on those two when I applied for my mortgage, but not Equifax.
    Was that with pepper money?
    No Halifax. Sorry, I presumed you were referring to Halifax given kal-el's comments. 
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