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Mortgage fee if no offer is made HSBC

Hi there,

We had started the mortgage application for a BTL property with HSBC. They already took £2k fee and doing the valuation next week.
Just wondering now what will be the situation if they undervalue the property or don’t finally make us an offer.
Will they keep the fee or part of it? 
Regretting now a bit to pay those £2000 upfront without making more questions…

Thanks in advance.

Ruben

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  • kingstreet
    kingstreet Posts: 39,444 Forumite
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    It should be visible on the illustration. In section four, IIRC.
    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.
  • magicmcone
    magicmcone Posts: 49 Forumite
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    Thanks for the answer @kingstreet
    It does specify that the completion fee is non refundable, but nothing about the product fee.
    I guess I will try to be optimistic and take that as a positive.

    Thanks again for your help.

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