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Mortgage lender asked for marriage certificate?

giddypenguin
giddypenguin Posts: 808 Forumite
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Hi all,
I’m largely asking out of curiosity- but we applied for a mortgage with NatWest via a mortgage broker on Friday, today we’ve been asked to supply our marriage certificate. Our broker seemed a bit surprised and asked them why but didn’t really get an answer.

Our current house/mortgage is just in his name - due to us being a bit naïve when we bought 10 years ago. I guess this has something to do with it, but why does it matter to them if we’re married or not?

I have obviously supplied them with the certificate so it’s no bother… just interested if anyone else has had this?
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