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Help again, stressing over chosing a mortgage

Hi i know i have previously asked for help, but very quickly we have sold our house and we have offered on the new house and been accepted. So i need to proceed with an application for a mortgage.

Purchase price 180000
Deposit 40000 LTV 78%

I have considered over 25 years

Hsbc No fees Tracker at 2.99%

Coventry who is my current lender , 2 yr fix fees £199

or broker suggests putting down extra 5 k ( which i can do but would prefer to keep that back for improvements), LTV 75%.
with a deal of a fix of 3.24% for 2 years. Fees £800

Does anyone have any comments advice etc

Thankyou

steve

Comments

  • Peelerfart
    Peelerfart Posts: 2,177 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    "Coventry who is my current lender , 2 yr fix fees £199"

    what %age have they offered Steve?
    Space available for rent
  • sj1147
    sj1147 Posts: 36 Forumite
    Peelerfart wrote: »
    "Coventry who is my current lender , 2 yr fix fees £199"

    what %age have they offered Steve?

    Sorry , missed that. 4.2%
  • BYALPHAINDIA
    BYALPHAINDIA Posts: 781 Forumite
    I wouldn't bother Mate - Just RENT instead.

    If you have read 'My Post' then you may agree.

    I Will NEVER have a Motgage Again !!

    All the Best of luck to you Likewise.
    Thomson 757 Man
  • beecher2
    beecher2 Posts: 3,677 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Is there a longer fix available? Two years seems very short, particularly with a 75%+ LTV
  • sj1147
    sj1147 Posts: 36 Forumite
    beecher2 wrote: »
    Is there a longer fix available? Two years seems very short, particularly with a 75%+ LTV

    Not sure i never asked them. Maybe i should?

    Does anyone have examples?
  • sj1147
    sj1147 Posts: 36 Forumite
    hmm, just read a another post, i am tempted due to my hesitation to apply for the HSBC tracker with no fees ano exit fee and fix if rates fall.
  • ruggedtoast
    ruggedtoast Posts: 9,819 Forumite
    If rates fall? Rates are only going one way.
  • sj1147
    sj1147 Posts: 36 Forumite
    If rates fall? Rates are only going one way.


    i meant if fixed rates fall, some think they will??
  • ruggedtoast
    ruggedtoast Posts: 9,819 Forumite
    I suppose you never know.
  • The stumbling block is your LTV, but at 75%, I'd go for tracker, as you say, with the option to fix when rates go higher esp if there are no fees with leaving the mortgage as HSBC implies. Thus you make hay whilst the sun shines, save as muc has you can and hopefully you can overpay and remortgage when rates start to get higher...
    Feb 2012 - onwards MF achieved
    September 2016 - Back into clearing a mortgage - Was due to be paid off in 32 years in March 2047 -
    April 2018 down to 28.00 months vs 30.04 months at normal payment.
    Predicted mortgage clearing 03/2047 - now looking at 02/2045

    Aims: 1) To pay off mortgage within 20 years - 2037
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