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Help! Ported mortgage but lost £2000 to bank?

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  • kingstreet
    kingstreet Posts: 39,298 Forumite
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    Hoorah said:
    Thanks so much for all the replies everyone. I have got to the bottom of it finally. Solicitor was told not to pay early redemption fees as they didn't count but they did anyway! The bank are sorting out the refund now. Phew!
    Don't forget Hanlon's razor "Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity" or in this case, incompetence.
    I am a mortgage broker. 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. Please do not send PMs asking for one-to-one-advice, or representation.
  • GDB2222
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    Hoorah said:
    Thanks so much for all the replies everyone. I have got to the bottom of it finally. Solicitor was told not to pay early redemption fees as they didn't count but they did anyway! The bank are sorting out the refund now. Phew!
    Don't forget Hanlon's razor "Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity" or in this case, incompetence.
    The price of conveyancing has roughly doubled in the last couple of years, but has the quality of the work improved at all? 
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
  • kingstreet
    kingstreet Posts: 39,298 Forumite
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    GDB2222 said:
    Hoorah said:
    Thanks so much for all the replies everyone. I have got to the bottom of it finally. Solicitor was told not to pay early redemption fees as they didn't count but they did anyway! The bank are sorting out the refund now. Phew!
    Don't forget Hanlon's razor "Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity" or in this case, incompetence.
    The price of conveyancing has roughly doubled in the last couple of years, but has the quality of the work improved at all? 
    No. In addition, the amount of stuff conveyancers now expect us to deal with for them has gone up. We're now routinely involved in chasing up lenders for replies to conveyancer queries, obtaining confirmation funds will be there on a particular day... and so on.
    I am a mortgage broker. 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. Please do not send PMs asking for one-to-one-advice, or representation.
  • dimbo61
    dimbo61 Posts: 13,727 Forumite
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    Well you should get the £2,000 into your bank account soon.
    If it was me I would pay the £2 000 off the mortgage ASAP 
    Mortgage Free is the way to be 
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