Yes this is weird to me. Most relationships will have different savings and an earnings imbalance. What’s he going to do, pay her rent?But… she could have provided the deposit and then got a joint mortgage together to leverage his salary. Also, i refuse to believe he has no money to put down at his age with a fairly decent career.
Also if you’re married does it matter whose name things are in??
You also get a better deal with two of you on the mortgage as the rate will reflect the fact your earnings are a high proportion of the lending amount.
So weird