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When applying for a personal loan, what do I claim my expenses are ?

My partner and I own a house (the mortgage is in both our names) and our monthly expenses, which we split evenly, total about $1300 combined.

If I apply for a small personal loan under my own name and they ask what my expenses are (mortgage, utilities, etc.) can I say it's half of the $1300 (since I only pay half) or do I have say my expenses are $1300 ?

Update:

I should also add - I'm not applying for the loan through the same bank that has our mortgage

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    If the mortgage is in your name then it a monthly expense of yours. You can tell them you only pay half of it but if you are named on the mortgage then they will count the whole thing as an expense of yours (they don't really trust you - are playing it safe). Just tell them the whole story and they'll figure it out but they may count some of the expenses as entirely yours.

  • Judy
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    Say what the expenses are and that you pay half

  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    Just your portion is truthful and fair. And utilities don't matter, I don't think. But lenders do want to know about other debt like auto loan payments, student loan payments, and credit cards. Fixed monthly payments for debt.

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