{"id":67394,"date":"2017-09-25T21:12:41","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T14:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/is-mortgage-protection-insurance-necessary-when-buying-a-house\/"},"modified":"2017-09-25T22:03:07","modified_gmt":"2017-09-25T15:03:07","slug":"is-mortgage-protection-insurance-necessary-when-buying-a-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/is-mortgage-protection-insurance-necessary-when-buying-a-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Is mortgage protection insurance necessary when buying a house?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nI have a high BMI and think I\u2019d be turned down for coverQ I have been reading articles regarding mortgage life insurance cover. Unfortunately I have a higher-than-wanted body mass index (BMI) count, and from what I\u2019ve read I believe I would find it hard to get insurance.If I wanted to sell my existing property and buy a new place, but couldn\u2019t get mortgage life insurance due to my BMI, is it compulsory to have cover to be accepted for a mortgage? Would my lender still lend to me if I earn enough to pay the mortgage? AM Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2017\/sep\/25\/is-mortgage-protection-insurance-necessary-when-buying-a-house\" target=\"_blank\">Is mortgage protection insurance necessary when buying a house?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; I have a high BMI and think I\u2019d be turned down for coverQ I have&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-hx0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":96732,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-can-my-disabled-son-get-cover-for-joint-mortgage-payments\/","url_meta":{"origin":67394,"position":0},"title":"How can my disabled son get cover for joint mortgage payments?","date":"August 27, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r He is on universal credit and I\u2019m worried that if his girlfriend is unable to work he will be liable Q My son and his girlfriend are buying a house together. 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