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Hi,

Looking some advice. Me and my ex partner recently withdrew an offer for a house purchase due to personal circumstances. We had a mortgage offer approved etc at this stage. We have since broken up also. Contracts were not exchanged also. What happens to that mortgage offer now? Can it be changed from a joint application to a single one? How does it affect us in the future going forward if we wanted to applying for credit? Thanks. 

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  • Brie
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    I suspect there will be hard searches on both of your credit records but not much more than that.  And I would also suspect that it would be an issue with getting credit in the next few months but once it's obvious that there was no mortgage generated it will become decreasingly important.  

    Whether you can change that from a joint to a single mortgage will depend entirely on whether that individual has sufficient income for the mortgage AND all their other credit obligations.  This may include things you might not be paying currently - like utilities, council tax etc.
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  • ACG
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    You might be able to transfer it to one persons name but it would require a new credit check, reunderwriting etc - it would probably make more sense to just apply from scratch. 

    It was only one credit check I imagine, its unlikely to make a huge different with future credit applications. 
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  • Hoenir
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    The offer will lapse. The solicitor will notify the lender that the transaction isn't proceeding. 
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