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  • Assuming we wanted to buy a property from someone who agreed to sell it to us at less than market value would banks be shitty about that from a mortgage perspective?

    Say value is 300k and prospective sale price is 240k. Say we had 40k savings plus stamp duty/legal costs and wanted a mortgage of 200k. Would we be OK getting that full 200 or would they question it because of the market value of the property?

  • Can't see why they'd care, you'd just need to tell them why. There's nothing stopping you selling a house for £1. It wouldn't be much different to you providing £100k against a FMV of £300k.

    The fair market value of the property will be used as far as CGT/IHT is concerned, but that shouldn't affect getting a mortgage on the property, and CGT shouldn't affect you, IHT might but depends on the circumstances.

  • Someone I work with did this. Banks look at the value (£300k) vs the loan (£200k). Not the purchase price.

  • would banks be shitty about that from a mortgage perspective?

    HMRC might, from a stamp duty perspective.

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