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a1psx,
You are asking for too much. Please get in the real world. We do this for a living you don't.
Quoted a client the best deal on the market today, and he said " I needed to do better !"
As I said to him, if I designed the deals myself, I'd let him have a 2% mortgage, but I can only give him what is currently on offer from lenders.
He saw my point, and we had a good laugh about it afterwards.
It would be great if we could barter on the rates with the lenders and knock their rates and fees down though, wouldn't it ?:DI am a Mortgage adviserYou should note that this site doesn't check my status as a Mortgage Adviser, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice.0 -
I want a low interest rate and 1.25% above base rate isn't good enough. QUOTE!!!!!!
R U AWARE U R BORROWING SOMEONE ELSE's MONEY!!
To say it isn't good enough is like a school report.
Stop & think what is going one in the world economy at the moment
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It is neither your right or mine to have a mortgage0 -
You might be able to trim a little off the +1.25% by checking other lenders' rates but, since the crunch started to bite (and BofE cut rates) most, if not all trackers have increased their margins.
The decision on whether to pay a fee for a lower rate can be made using locoblade's Excel spreadsheet or post two or three options for help.
On a £150K mortgage, the difference between +1.25% and +0.75% is £46 per month or about a tenner a week.
GGThere are 10 types of people in this world. Those who understand binary and those that don't.0
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