Lender (Santander) requesting a second valuation?

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Mortgage reached completion centre and everything had pretty much been accepted however we’ve been notified that due to market changes the lender (Santander) wants to book another valuation.
first valuation completed in August and it was fine.
first valuation completed in August and it was fine.
is this a common?l occurancd
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September about these situations.
There might be other reasons in the background such as the valuer firm (or the individual valuer) being reviewed or struck-off, etc.
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It worked in our favour though. The valuer, who was the same one that valued it 6 months previous, valued it at a much higher price and we moved into the next LTV bracket and a much lower interest rate
Sadly probably won't be the case nowadays.