Re: very worried friend
not that i can help as i didn't ge my mortgage with ebs and you seem to want a reply. It took me less than 2 days to get approved with IIB, broker submitted application in the morning, got reply next afternoon. But i think the banks are taking longer now cause they want to go through everything with a fine tooth comb. Back when i got my mortgage they were handling them out left, right and centre. Also from what i'm reading different banks have different rules. She may not get approved with ebs but she could always try another bank. If the bank have said up to 6 weeks then there's nothing she can do to make the process go quicker. Yes it's a pain to wait but not hearing anything does not mean bad news. Also i can imagine there are thousands of people at the moment trying to re-mortgage or sort out their fixed/variable rate and the banks are in no position to hire more people so it's a case of put in a pile and they will get to it when they can.
Keep positive.