Help as a FTB?
Hello. Looking for a house as a FTB with my partner. Partner works full time for the NHS and I am a student nurse at university. Looking to buy a house within the <£150k range, or up to 200k but I’m not sure if we could.
Partner has a good credit score of “very good” and I have a “low credit score”.
Partner had an appointment with a mortgage advisor, who said he could get an offer of £135k with a £7,500 deposit with Coventry building society. This is just with his details.
If I joined too and wanted to be on the mortgage with him, would it bring the offer down as I have a low score and am a student? Although I am a student, I could still save around £4/5k to contribute to a deposit, even if it is in his name.
Is it better for him to do it alone? Would the offer also increase over a few months if we were able to save around £10k? We would ideally like a £140k-150k house.
Thanks in advance, I am new to this so I feel pretty uneducated so my apologies if I get anything incorrect. X