Hi pamw sorry to hear about your problems. I recently took out a mortgage with Nationawide and went through an independent mortgage broker. Unfortunately multiple problems (even through I had a guarantor)maily the brokers fault. It seems Nationwise tske ages making decisions about any thing.I made an official complaint against my broker but the system is heavily biased agiant the consumer
I had simialr problem with risk of vendor pulling out. I just called them & v briefly explained issue, they were happy to hold on, otherwise they would have had to go through same offer,mortgage survey process with someone else.
good luck

Hi

I also sugget using the University's accomodation website
http://www.manchesterstudenthomes.com/

This is a good starting point. Good luck!