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Hi, im nita59! Can you buy someone out of a mortgage if you're on PIP/ESA?

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nita59
nita59 Community member Posts: 2 Listener
edited January 2021 in Housing and independent living
My 2 sons have inherited a house. One wants to sell the other dies not.
Can the one who wants to keep the house get a mortgage or loan to pay the other off.
Sons only income is pip and esa 
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  • nita59
    nita59 Community member Posts: 2 Listener
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    Should read Does not want to sell 
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  • Cher_Alumni
    Cher_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 5,741 Disability Gamechanger
    edited January 2021
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    Hi @nita59 and welcome to our online community.

    Scope have this webpage which offers advice on mortgage affordability if you're on benefits.  It advises:
    If your income consists solely of benefits, it will be difficult to secure a mortgage. You must pass strict Mortgage Affordability Tests when you apply. Your lender will also assess how vulnerable you are to income shocks, such as a rise in interest rates.
    Has your son approached any mortgage provider to discuss it more?    

    Just to add, I've tweaked the title of this post and moved it to our Housing and Independent Living discussion board, to help others in the future who might have the same query.  

    I hope the situation resolves itself smoothly, and please let us know how you get on.
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  • janer1967
    janer1967 Community member Posts: 21,964 Disability Gamechanger
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    Hi and welcome 
    Unfortunately as advised above it is very difficult to get a mortgage or any type of loan egen on benefits alone 

    It is a struggle to even get private rented property 
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