Q: A Turkish business partner of mine wants to buy a house in the UK. Mr X, my business partner, has several companies in Turkey and elsewhere. Will he be able to get a mortgage in the UK? What proof of income etc will he need to give?”

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Q: I have a 10% deposit to put down but require a large mortgage of £990,000.00. What are my chances of getting a mortgage?

A: In the current post credit crunch mortgage market, it is difficult to obtain a 90% loan-to-value mortgage for a loan size of over £ 500,000 through high street lenders.
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Q: My tracker mortgage finishes at the end of July. Should we take a fixed higher rate motgage over 2 or 3 years. Or a lifetime tracker at bank of engalnd rate plus 1.99% at no early repayment fee and only £140 exit fee. No application fee.

When rates go up are they going to go up quickly, or gradually. As an expert what would you do please?

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Q:　I wonder if someone could advise me please? I am a first time buyer and have not yet selected a property that I would like to buy as I am keen to find out how much I would be accepted for on a 100% mortgage before I start to check the market. I have no deposit and would like to know costs of an interest only mortgage and the other (not sure what that is called?) I would also like to know about fixed rate mortgages and try to get an understanding of which one would be the best for me and my circumstances.

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Q: Hi, We are looking at buying a flat in Mumbai, India.I am resident of UK and would like to explore the possibility of getting a mortgage in GBP, that being the currency of my primary income.I realise this is unconventional as most of the overseas mortgage available are for countries with large British expat populations. But is this something you could potentially arrange / advise on?

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