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approx maximum total loan figure

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  • Janes888
    Janes888 Posts: 37 Forumite
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    tiger135 said:
    hi Janes what was your reason for the loans? did you stick to the full terms or pay any back early?
    it was for home improvements and have paid of the 2 smaller loans early will leave one to completion as was at 2,9% and overpaying on the other one
  • DCFC79
    DCFC79 Posts: 40,641 Forumite
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    This just wont go anywhere, you cant use loans for a house purchase, as part of the process you have to show copies of your bank accounts where the money is, it wont work, just get a mortgage.

  • TripleH
    TripleH Posts: 3,188 Forumite
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    Won't a mortgage work out cheaper anyway?
    You work out what the loan costs to repay each month and same for mortgage. You save the difference in an account and pay a lump sum off when the mortgage term ends?
    Just because you are quoted an interest rate on an in-principle loan also doesn't mean you get it.
    Interest rates are skewed to absorb risk, so a mortgage secured on a house is less risk to the bank than a standard loan so can be cheaper.
    The board bangs on about not turning unsecured debt into secured, but this is an instance where a secured loan is appropriate.
    May you find your sister soon Helli.
    Sleep well.
  • enthusiasticsaver
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    When you say you have been accepted has a full application been made for both loans and they accepted or are they just agreements in principle? 
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