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0.05 below base rate tracker ending

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  • koexelek
    koexelek Posts: 7,847 Forumite
    Toughluck wrote: »
    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 ?:D
    I am a Mortgage adviser
    You 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.
  • feisty1
    feisty1 Posts: 1,487 Forumite
    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

    REMEMBER

    It is neither your right or mine to have a mortgage
  • 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.

    GG
    There are 10 types of people in this world. Those who understand binary and those that don't.
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