To expect my mortgage lender to lend me the same amount of money we currently owe on a new property despite my dh earning less than he did 3 years ago

[jampot]

our current lender has told us that we cant borrow our current mortgage to buy a new house which is more money because dh has left his last job and now earns less. Obviously we can borrow it for our existing property

Is he still there then?

its all about risk , to them, you need to look at other lenders as they all have different income multiples. find a mortgage broker , somebodys partner on here is one.