26th July 2025 - House Buying ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Recently I have done something I did not expect. I put in an offer on a house and got approved (subject to valuation) for a mortgage. A true surprise! Not bad going considering I started looking in early July too. Waiting for the mortgage appointment was the longest part of this process. Well.. other than the whole next stage of waiting for everything to go through and exchanging keys!! That will definitely be the longest part.