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At John Charcol, we are constantly asked for advice by borrowers on what they should do when it comes to mortgages. As such, we created this section so that you can submit your questions to our experts. The answers are provided by a team of experts, led by our in house mortgage technical manager, Simon Collins, who has spent the last 10 years helping our consultants to place mortgage applications.
So please do submit your question and we will do all we can to answer it as quickly as possible. Regrettably, we are unable to answer every question due to the popularity of this section.
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13/01/2013
I am the outright owner of a flat in London and I am interested in getting a mortgage for a buy-to-let property nearby. Also I am self employed earning around £50k a year. Can I use my current flat (which I live in) as collateral...
Categories: Capital Raising, Let-to-buy, Home mover, Remortgaging
05/01/2013
I have a mortgage free flat in central london worth £235k and wish to move out to purchase a house.the rental income on the flat is £800 pcm. I have savings of £45k and would like to know if I could do this on a let to buy...
Categories: Let-to-buy
19/12/2012
Hi. I currently reside in north London in 2bed property. We are looking to stay in the area and gain another bedroom. The property is in my name and my partner has her own BTL. My remaining mortgage is 222k against a property...
Categories: Home mover, Buy-to-let, Let-to-buy
30/11/2012
I earn £26,500 per year, have £79,000 left on my mortgage and loans totalling £2,000. My house is valued at £170,000 and I want to take out £10,000 equity, then buy a flat and turn my existing mortgage into a buy-to-let. Is this...
Categories: Buy-to-let, Capital Raising, Let-to-buy, Remortgaging, Home mover
24/11/2012
I' going for a let to buy mortgage, but I have been told that in order to qualify my name must be included in the new ortgage. Is this right ?
Categories: Buy-to-let, Home mover, Let-to-buy
30/10/2012
I have my house on the market without much interest so was thinking of letting it out and some how purchasing another house to live in. I have a 90k mortgage and the house is worth around 155k. Estimated rent would be 700pm. Me...
Categories: Let-to-buy, Home mover
16/10/2012
My wife and I bought a house about 4 months ago but have decided that it is not the area we want to live in. The area that we want to live in have more expensive houses. We also spent all our deposit when purchasing our current...
Categories: Home mover, Remortgaging, Let-to-buy, Capital Raising
10/10/2012
My mom currently owns her house which is worth £130,000. We are looking to purchase a house worth £250,000 so my mom, girlfriend and son(three times a week). It has an annex attached. Is it as simple as having to sell the house...
Categories: Home mover, Let-to-buy
24/09/2012
I bought a house with a mortgage in June 2010 when I was in the RAF. Last year, I was informed I was being made redundant on September 1st 2012, and am currently unemployed. However, I did get a substantial redundancy payout. I...
Categories: Let-to-buy, Buy-to-let
17/09/2012
me and my husband own a property outright worth 240000, we would like to move to a different area and have found a property to buy for 335000, we are having difficulty finding a buyer for our property so are now wanting to let...
Categories: Buy-to-let, Let-to-buy
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