Realistic maximum able to borrow?

Hi all,

I'm currently a homeowner, my house is worth approximately £300k and I have £120k left owing on it but I am overpaying this as much as possible every month. Since buying the house I have a long term girlfriend and we are looking to move in the not so distant future to somewhere larger.

My income is currently made up of £42k gross, plus £11k gross overtime. Her income is £29k gross. 

I'm trying to give us an idea of realistic and absolute maximum house budgets. Playing with the Natwest mortgage calculator it states I can borrow up to £400k based on my deposit being £200k. I doubt we would want to borrow this much, but how realistic is this? My overtime seems to make a big difference to this and I remember when I applied for my current mortgage with Skipton they would only consider 50% of my regular overtime.

My current interest rate is 1.64%, I realise with such a change in LTV the interest rates will increase.

Thanks!

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  • kingstreet
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    The NatWest calculator assumes your OT can be evidenced over a long period, perhaps two years for all of it to be taken into account. Most lenders using 50% work from the latest three months payslips only. What you can borrow depends on the strength of your evidence of income.
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    All of the calculators are only as reliable as the information entered. By that I mean has it been as the lender would want. 
    Can you get enough without the overtime? If not, can you get enough with 50% of it? If not, then it might be worth speaking to a broker as it can be easy to make a mistake. 
    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.
  • Thanks kingstreet and ACG for taking the time to reply that's really helpful.

    The NatWest calculator assumes your OT can be evidenced over a long period, perhaps two years for all of it to be taken into account. Most lenders using 50% work from the latest three months payslips only. What you can borrow depends on the strength of your evidence of income.
    That insight is really helpful. I think I would only need to use 50% of my overtime which is good as it sounds like that's far easier to "prove".

    ACG said:
    All of the calculators are only as reliable as the information entered. By that I mean has it been as the lender would want. 
    Can you get enough without the overtime? If not, can you get enough with 50% of it? If not, then it might be worth speaking to a broker as it can be easy to make a mistake. 
    Playing with the calculator again I think you're right, 50% of my overtime would secure me a large enough mortgage. My current mortgage is £525pm, if I got the maximum mortgage based on 50% of my overtime this would be £800ish a month. That's certainly enough of an increase for me! 
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