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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Zoe Wood

Barclays delayed porting our mortgage but we still have to pay £13,000

Barclays provided anything but an ‘express’ service when it came to mortgage paperwork.
Barclays provided anything but an ‘express’ service when it came to mortgage paperwork. Photograph: Peter Nicholls/Reuters

We recently moved house and wanted to port our Barclays mortgage, but it took so long over the paperwork that our chain looked set to collapse, so we switched to another lender.

Despite the delays at its end, Barclays says we still have to pay an early repayment charge (ERC) of more than £13,000.

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