Mortgage questions / thoughts

Mortgage questions / thoughts

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BigBen

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231 months

Tuesday 9th January 2018
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Hello,

TL:DR how can I borrow £90k?

I am currently in a situation where I need to buy my ex partner out of her share of the house we own together. To achieve this I would need to borrow around £90k.

Doing this by adding to the mortgage would be affordable but the overall figure would end up being a high multiple of my salary. To mitigate this I also have:

i) A fairly decent stream of dividend income from shares I own in my employer
ii) Would take on a lodger / Air B and B one of the rooms
iii) Income from a business I part own

For repayment charge avoidance reasons I would like to stay with the Nat West bank, so I suppose my question is are they likely to be a 'computer says no' kind of organisation when i), ii) and iii) are concerned or can they take such circumstances into account. In particular I have solid proof of i) over the past few years.

Other thoughts are is it worth financing the £90k on an interest only basis as I can definitely show I have a plan in place to cover the amount at the end of the term.

Any other ideas of things I have missed? I will obviously be talking to the bank soon to see what they have to say but wanted to gather some thoughts from here first.

Ben

BigBen

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231 months

Tuesday 9th January 2018
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leef44 said:
Is your relationship with your ex amicable?

Would she be willing for you to pay in monthly instalments with market rate interest?

Could you pay her rent for her share?

Just thoughts...
Reasonably amicable but she will also want to buy a place so not a great suggestion.

Next question is assuming the Nat West can't help is it possible to have more than one mortgage on a property with different providers?

BigBen

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Wednesday 10th January 2018
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Sarnie said:
No.

Unless you took a secured loan..........but that would be expensive compared to first charge lending.....
OK thank you. I will report back once I have spoken to Nat West.

BigBen

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Thursday 11th January 2018
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xyz123 said:
Are you sure Repayment charge is so big that you can't switch away from natwest.. ..
It will be around 10k so in the scheme of things OK but would rather not be paying it.