Land as a deposit?

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I recently heard of a situation whereby having land signed into your name could be beneficial when buying a house; what does this relate to? Does it increase the size of the mortgage or can the deposit be borrowed with the land as collateral?
 
Hi,

Normally when you have land (a site) this is where it is beneficial as the value of the site will be taken as your deposit. Put simply if you have a site woth €50,000 and you are buildin on this site, then this is the same as you bring €50,000 in cash to the deal.

Trying to use a site/land as collateral in a deal where you are not actually using the land is not normally accepted by lenders.

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I understand the concept of the site being recognised as the deposit. However my query does not relate to such a case as i do not wish to build on the site but wonder if having land/ site in my name would have a favourable impact on getting a mortgage
 
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