Yeah I totally agree - going direct has been and still is a complete ball ache, if you are applying with a new lender. I've always found my existing - Halifax - to be really easy to deal with. We took a load of equity out of our main residence to pay off the mortgage on my other flat. They gave zero fucks, didn't even want to see the details of the charge taken off the LR record. Could have spent it on crack and hookers for all they cared. This was post 2008.
Haha yeh I think the Halifax are the most lax of lenders. They'd probably agree a mortgage on a tent. Expect to be reading about yourself in the golf bar thread tho about paying one of your mortgages off - you naughty boy!
Yeah I totally agree - going direct has been and still is a complete ball ache, if you are applying with a new lender. I've always found my existing - Halifax - to be really easy to deal with. We took a load of equity out of our main residence to pay off the mortgage on my other flat. They gave zero fucks, didn't even want to see the details of the charge taken off the LR record. Could have spent it on crack and hookers for all they cared. This was post 2008.