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5 year fixed?!?

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  • If you really are not compfirtable with it shop around. If you do not have the time to do that enlist the help of a mortgage broker.
    Offer accepted - 4th July :D Own sale completed - 5th September
    Finally exchanged - 30th October :j:T:j
    Completing on Friday 13th! :rotfl:
  • mlz1413
    mlz1413 Posts: 3,080 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    It's all a gamble - ie rates soar next year and your grateful of 4 more years fixed. Rates stay the same. BoE base stays the same and mortgage deals drop for next 3 years and you kick yourself for fixing.

    as sweetcaz says you have to be comfortable with your decision and you are clearly not happy with the deal you have found.

    I fixed 2 years ago for 25 yrs I am happy with not having to constantly shop around, not paying arrangment fees and knowing that over such a long time it should be swings and round-a-bouts on the int rate. Obviously over the last yr I should have stuck with a tracker, but I can afford the re-payments and overpay so I don't get upset about it.
  • dave82_2
    dave82_2 Posts: 1,328 Forumite
    I want to tie in for as long as possible and don't mind rates staying low I just like knowing what I am paying. All I am saying is that in the last year I would like to start shopping around for the next good fixed rate deal and the 4% buy out makes this hard! I will shop around.
  • ray123
    ray123 Posts: 659 Forumite
    Which lenders offer a 25 year fixed?
  • mlz1413
    mlz1413 Posts: 3,080 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    mine is with Kent Reliance BS.

    I remember someone else saying they had one and that was a building society too.
  • dave82_2
    dave82_2 Posts: 1,328 Forumite
    Do they actualy have real money their website looks like it was made by a 5 year old! http://www.krbs.com/
  • mlz1413
    mlz1413 Posts: 3,080 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I've not seen that page before!

    http://www.krbs.com/index.aspx

    This is the home page, I've found the website easy to use and like the files that open up into simply laid out info.

    They seem to have a decent balance sheet, reasonable products and fair arrangements fees, which I think means they are less likely to be exposed to toxic debts then lenders offering fanatic deals. But then I see banking crisis coming!
  • dave82_2
    dave82_2 Posts: 1,328 Forumite
    Jokes aside their 25year product does look quite a good deal!
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