Guarantors
In some cases we are not able to proceed with your mortgage application
unless you arrange for another person to guarantee your loan. This means
that if you are unable to pay your mortgage payments we can ask the person
who has provided a guarantee.
Before we take a guarantee from someone, we encourage them to take independent
legal advice so that they understand their obligations. We will also tell
them that they could become liable to pay your loan instead of (or as
well as) you and how much they could be liable to pay.
We will inform the guarantor that their liability will remain until the
borrowers income becomes sufficient to service the loan or, alternatively,
the loan is reduced to a level sufficient to meet lending requirements
in respect of income.
The maximum we can lend if you need a guarantor is 80% of the purchase
price or valuation, whichever is lower, with the exception of the Graduate
Mortgage scheme.
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