I'm getting married in April and we are intending to buy our first house together in May/June if we can find the right place, as I've mentioned on here before (re: mortgages).
I've now had a couple of good mortgage deals through and although rates could change over the next 5 months, its looking likely we should have no issues getting a mortgage.
So my question is, even though its unlikely, if we found somewhere we loved and decided to go ahead with the purchase *before* we got married, are there any tax or legal implications to this that I should be aware of (I'm mainly thinking CGT or IHT)? We both have mirror wills with each other as the main beneficiary and the wills were also made in contemplation of our marriage so will continue to be valid once we are married, if that makes any difference.
I've now had a couple of good mortgage deals through and although rates could change over the next 5 months, its looking likely we should have no issues getting a mortgage.
So my question is, even though its unlikely, if we found somewhere we loved and decided to go ahead with the purchase *before* we got married, are there any tax or legal implications to this that I should be aware of (I'm mainly thinking CGT or IHT)? We both have mirror wills with each other as the main beneficiary and the wills were also made in contemplation of our marriage so will continue to be valid once we are married, if that makes any difference.
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