{"id":123645,"date":"2021-12-06T14:00:17","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T07:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/im-buying-a-house-with-my-boyfriend-how-much-should-we-pay-each\/"},"modified":"2021-12-06T15:12:45","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T08:12:45","slug":"im-buying-a-house-with-my-boyfriend-how-much-should-we-pay-each","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/im-buying-a-house-with-my-boyfriend-how-much-should-we-pay-each\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m buying a house with my boyfriend \u2013 how much should we pay each?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nHe\u2019s on a higher salary and suggests that I pay more of the mortgage as he will put more into the depositQ My boyfriend and I would like to buy our first property together. We will be joint owners and both contribute towards the deposit, the repayment mortgage and upkeep of a \u00a3740,000 house. He is on a significantly higher salary than I am (it\u2019s more than double mine, and likely to increase in the next couple of months). He has therefore been able to save much more than I have so I am only going to be able to contribute about \u00a320,000 while he \u2013 with help from his parents \u2013 will have \u00a3100,000 to put towards the deposit and the stamp duty. I don\u2019t need or particularly want to live in a \u00a3740,000 house but I don\u2019t have a lot of choice as he is being very inflexible in terms of location.He has suggested we create some sort of legal document before buying a property, declaring that in the event we sell the house, he would get back the percentage that he put in. He has also suggested that I pay a higher percentage of the mortgage repayments, as he will be putting in more of the deposit. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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