Moving home (Porting)

If you have a mortgage with us, you may be able to transfer the mortgage to another property when you move providing certain criteria are met. This is known as porting your mortgage.

Assuming you aren’t reducing your mortgage balance when you move property, you won’t pay an early repayment charge (ERC) on your mortgage. If you need to borrow more to buy your new property, we can also consider this.

Key things to consider when porting:

• If you don’t complete the purchase of your new property on the same day as redeeming this mortgage, you will be asked to pay an ERC. However, as long as you complete your new mortgage with us within 6 months of redeeming and borrow the same amount or more, we will refund all or part of your ERC. The amount refunded will be determined by your new loan amount.
• Your account must be up to date and not been in arrears during the last 12 months.
• A valuation of the new property will be required
• One missed mortgage payment or two missed unsecured payments in the last 6 months can be considered provided the application still passes credit score and a satisfactory assessment is completed by the underwriter.

How much can I borrow?

We can consider lending you up to the 90% of your new property value or potentially your original loan to value percentage, subject to the Banks' Lending criteria. Please note, that further restrictions can apply based on additional factors such as loan size, and loan purpose. Please call us to discuss your options and what could be available to you, based on your individual circumstances. For BTL loans the maximum loan to value is 75%, subject to the Banks Lending criteria.

The amount you can borrow may be reduced for these reasons:

• If you have any Interest Only lending
• If it's a new house or flat
• If you own other property, for example Buy to Let properties.

It’s also important that your mortgage remains affordable, so we’ll discuss your situation with you, assess your needs and affordability, and only offer a mortgage that we think is suitable based on this.

How much will it cost?

We usually charge a fee to transfer your mortgage to another property (see tariff for details), and there will be extra costs to consider. These can vary, but other costs might include instructing a solicitor, stamp duty, a valuation, and the moving costs.

If we agree any additional borrowing, it will not be based on the product and interest rates offered for new business. Your additional borrowing will be based on our range of Additional Borrowing Rates, which can be found in the link below. These interest rates change over time and they may be higher than your existing rate on your main mortgage. Therefore it is important that you review our rates or contact us at the time you are interested to determine what your options will be.

Any borrowing you take up will increase the amount of borrowing secured on your home.

You can call us on 08000 288 288 call charges to discuss your options and how much it might cost.

Visit our Borrowing More page to view our additional borrowing rates.

Do I have to buy my new home and sell my current one on the same day?

No, if you’ve sold your current home, but can’t (or don’t want) to move into the new one immediately, you have the option to switch your mortgage within six months.

If it's within the six month period, and it's subject to the conditions on this page, you should have your early repayment charge refunded when you complete the new mortgage.

Conditions for early repayment charges

When you take your existing mortgage to a new property, you will usually not pay any early repayment charges.

The instances where we would ask you to pay these charges are:

• If you pay off your old mortgage and don’t take up your new property immediately, we will charge you an early repayment charge on redemption, and refund it when you complete your new purchase, as long as the time between redemption and purchase is no longer than 6 months.
• If your new mortgage is smaller than your old one, there may be a pro-rata early repayment charge – so if you redeem a £100,000 mortgage, but your new one is for £80,000, you may pay an early repayment charge on the £20,000 difference. The charge amount will depend on your mortgage deal – you can refer to your original offer, or call us and we’ll be happy to work this out for you.
• If you decide (or it is recommended) that you don’t take your existing mortgage rate to a new property then we will treat this as a completely separate arrangement, and so you’ll pay an early repayment charge.

Before you apply

There are a few things to consider before requesting to move home:

• Residential mortgages – a mortgage advisor will discuss your needs and complete an assessment through our advised service. They will then recommend any suitable variations to your mortgage.
• Buy to Let mortgages – we will assess eligibility and provide details on our products through our ‘Information Only’ service, also referred to as ‘Execution only’. If you require mortgage advice on your BTL mortgage, you should contact your broker.

When should I contact you?

Once you have found a property you are interested in you can contact our mortgage team on 08000 288 288 call charges. We will start by discussing what you want to do, and checking its affordable based on your circumstances. .

What happens next after my application has been submitted?

We will send you an illustration and application pack within 5 working days from your completed fact-find appointment. If you are happy with the changes, return the application form, the documentation required to support your application and any applicable fee(s) to us.  We can then process your request.

Once we have checked all details and obtained the necessary information to fulfil our lending criteria, we will proceed to send you and your solicitor an offer to read, sign and return to us.

Once we have checked all the details, we will agree to send the funds to your solicitor to complete the transaction.

Book an appointment or check the progress of an existing application

To book an advice appointment with a mortgage adviser or to check on the progress of your mortgage application, call us on 08000 288 288. Lines are open 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday (call charges).