Getting a mortgage for a foreigner possible?

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Some other threads might have useful information as well–could do a search for mortgage while.waiting for more current information here. For example:

Mortgages for foreigners

Hi, can anyone recommend a bank that will give a decent mortgage to foreigners? Does anyone know the going rate for foreigners now? I’ve heard that we pay high rates than the locals. Just been to Mega Bank and got a blanked looked employee saying he’ll “get back to me with some numbers”. Didn’t seem to have a clue (which I half expected). Here is a little background info about myself: Been here 20 years NOT married to a Taiwanese Salary is 100k+ Had a mortgage before with my ex-wife who was Ta…