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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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19/05/2013
I would like to take out a mortgage for £100,000 on a property worth £237.000 I have properties at the moment worth around £400.000 (no mortgages). My income is around £40,000 per year. I'm 68 years old in in June this year.
Categories: Mortgages in retirement, Capital Raising, Buy-to-let, Remortgaging
19/05/2013
I have a house in Oxford worth £200,000 pounds with no mortgage on it. Could I remortgage it to £70,000 to buy a cottage in Ireland? Problematic is perhaps that I live in Germany and am 68.Thanks!
Categories: Buy-to-let, Capital Raising, Remortgaging, Mortgages in retirement, Ex Pat mortgages
18/05/2013
Our house is worth approximately £300k and we owe £65k on the mortgage. We would like to move but can't sell and are thinking of letting our existing property to buy a new one. We would like to increase the mortgage on the...
Categories: Buy-to-let, Home mover, Interest only vs repayment, Let-to-buy, Capital Raising
07/05/2013
We have a property valued at £850k with a £425k mortgage. The current rental value of our property is circa £3750pm. How would we go about letting out our property whilst releasing capital in the property to buy a new home?. Or...
Categories: Buy-to-let, Home mover, Let-to-buy, Capital Raising
06/05/2013
We own a property which we rent out, it has 11 years to run on the mortgage, we would like to buy another can we use this property to get a mortgage for another house. We are both working but are in our mid 50's
Categories: Buy-to-let, Let-to-buy, Capital Raising
30/04/2013
After letting my property out for 2 years I have recently found out that I needed a consent-to-let. My Mortgage provider does not provide these. What should I now do, do I tell my mortgage provider? Or is it best to organise a...
Categories: Buy-to-let
29/04/2013
My husband and I are 61 and 63, homeowners who are mortgage free with savings of £20.000 to invest in buy to let. Could we get a mortgage?
Categories: Capital Raising, Buy-to-let, Mortgages in retirement, Remortgaging
14/04/2013
I am married and own my own home. My husband is not on the mortgage and has never owned a property. We are interested in Buy to Let. Would he be a first time buyer? We do have a 20% deposit. What's the best way to make the most...
Categories: Buy-to-let
11/04/2013
We own our property outright and it's approx. value is £220,000. We are considering buying a 2nd property as an investment to do up and sell on, rather than as a buy-to-let. The approx. value of the 2nd property will be...
Categories: Buy-to-let, Capital Raising, Interest only vs repayment, Remortgaging
09/04/2013
I have a property worth £180000 with a 49000 mortgage on it, I could clear the mortgage this August, I would like to let to buy and buy another property for £250000,I earn 39000. Would it be better to clear existing mortgage or...
Categories: Buy-to-let, Capital Raising, Let-to-buy, Home mover
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