Friday, June 20, 2014

Offer on a house - paperwork?

I live in the UK.

I want to put an offer on a house and ideally have the house taken off the market.

The estate agent is asking me to bring in the following paperwork in order to make the offer:

ID,
proof of address,
3 months bank statements,
3 months pay slips
proof of your deposit
solicitors details

I understand the PoA and ID and mortgage offer from my bank. But does an estate agent really need to see the other documents. I only want to place an offer on a house.

Surely the other document (ie bank statements and proof of deposit) are documents I provide to my bank and solicitor and not to an estate agent to make a mortgage offer.

Times have changed since I bought my first house so would be grateful for feedback.

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