How to deal with end of interest only mortgage after completing DMP

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Morning experts,

Brief history - 90% of the way through huge DMP, should be fully paid off in just over a year. Have been in DMP since 2010 and have always paid on time.

9.5 years to go until our interest only mortgage matures, (20 year term, have never missed a payment). Hopefully plenty of equity in the house. Mortgage is with Santander.

But - how will we stand? Even though the equity in the house will pay off the existing mortgage plus extra, obviously selling up would leave us requiring another house. We could go smaller (kids have left home), but we’d need another mortgage of some sort.

Would Santander or anyone else even consider us with our past credit problems? We were aware the DMP would wreck our credit rating while it’s active, but once it’s paid off will it still affect us?

Or alternatively might Santander extend the mortgage to save us moving?

Sorry, rather long and I know it’s a long way off, but we’re ultra cautious nowadays!
Happy to have a wallet devoid of plastic!
Happy to face up to my debts once and for all!
Looking forward to being debt free FOREVER!
(However long it takes ;))!
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  • obay
    obay Posts: 570 Forumite
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    How old are you?
    [STRIKE]1/12/16 - £152,599.00 [/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]11/11/17 - £145,990.00 [/STRIKE] <> Overpaid £3916.
    11/11/18 - £142,074.00
    Barclays Car (5.99%)£0/£8,832.37
  • CheerioCreditCards
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    Currently I’m 53 and husband is 56
    Happy to have a wallet devoid of plastic!
    Happy to face up to my debts once and for all!
    Looking forward to being debt free FOREVER!
    (However long it takes ;))!
  • obay
    obay Posts: 570 Forumite
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    Currently I’m 53 and husband is 56

    What is left on the mortgage?
    [STRIKE]1/12/16 - £152,599.00 [/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]11/11/17 - £145,990.00 [/STRIKE] <> Overpaid £3916.
    11/11/18 - £142,074.00
    Barclays Car (5.99%)£0/£8,832.37
  • CheerioCreditCards
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    From memory it’s a £345k mortgage and we have a secured £60k loan against it.

    House should be worth at least £650k.
    Happy to have a wallet devoid of plastic!
    Happy to face up to my debts once and for all!
    Looking forward to being debt free FOREVER!
    (However long it takes ;))!
  • getmore4less
    getmore4less Posts: 46,882 Forumite
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    How much £pm have you been paying on the DMP and the mortgage/loan?

    Even with 20y to 75yo looking at a min of £2,000pm
  • CheerioCreditCards
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    How much £pm have you been paying on the DMP and the mortgage/loan?

    Even with 20y to 75yo looking at a min of £2,000pm

    Mortgage payment is close to £1.3k pm, unsecured loan is £287 pm and DMP is £700 pm.
    Happy to have a wallet devoid of plastic!
    Happy to face up to my debts once and for all!
    Looking forward to being debt free FOREVER!
    (However long it takes ;))!
  • bertiewhite
    bertiewhite Posts: 1,904 Forumite
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    9.5 years to go until our interest only mortgage matures.........................Even though the equity in the house will pay off the existing mortgage plus extra, obviously selling up would leave us requiring another house. We could go smaller (kids have left home), but we’d need another mortgage of some sort.

    Why would you need another mortgage? It looks like you'll have an estimated £300K to buy a house with outright and you'll be almost at retirement age anyway then.
  • getmore4less
    getmore4less Posts: 46,882 Forumite
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    Mortgage payment is close to £1.3k pm, unsecured loan is £287 pm and DMP is £700 pm.

    What about the £60k secured loan.

    £345k £1,300pm 4.52% 53% LTV
    £405k £1,300pm 3.85% 62% LTV

    Why are you on such a high rate?

    At 60% LTV you should be on around 2%

    What's the current deal with Santander?
  • CheerioCreditCards
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    Why would you need another mortgage? It looks like you'll have an estimated £300K to buy a house with outright and you'll be almost at retirement age anyway then.

    Thought of that too, but due to our absymal financial situation during the crash, we have hardly any savings and my husband’s small pension wouldn’t be adequate to see us through retirement. So we’d need some of the equity money to live on.

    Also, even small houses in our part of the country are pricey. We are in the SW.
    Happy to have a wallet devoid of plastic!
    Happy to face up to my debts once and for all!
    Looking forward to being debt free FOREVER!
    (However long it takes ;))!
  • CheerioCreditCards
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    What about the £60k secured loan.

    £345k £1,300pm 4.52% 53% LTV
    £405k £1,300pm 3.85% 62% LTV

    Why are you on such a high rate?

    At 60% LTV you should be on around 2%

    What's the current deal with Santander?

    The £60k loan repayment is £237pm from memory and, to answer your question about the interest rate, I have no idea. We were paying a fair bit more than that before the interest rates fell. We currently pay £1,294pm.
    Happy to have a wallet devoid of plastic!
    Happy to face up to my debts once and for all!
    Looking forward to being debt free FOREVER!
    (However long it takes ;))!
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