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Mortgage: HELP ME SAVE MONEY...PLEASE!!
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skinto_malinto
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hi Martin & everyone.
just looking for a bit of advice on my mortgage. I have a year left of a 5 year fixed interest mortgage. after the 5 years it will rise to whatever the rate is at that time. now, i regularly change my credit cards after the interest free period expires.....can i or should i try this with my morgage?? ie, renegotiate my mortgage to another fixed rate period or swap to another morgage provider that will give me 5 years or so, fixed rate???
i'm not sure if switching will elongate my mortgage period or is it just not feasable to do this?
afraid i'm not to clued up on this, so ANY information or advice would be most appreciated.
i look forward to being confused by your responses!
cheers
skinto
just looking for a bit of advice on my mortgage. I have a year left of a 5 year fixed interest mortgage. after the 5 years it will rise to whatever the rate is at that time. now, i regularly change my credit cards after the interest free period expires.....can i or should i try this with my morgage?? ie, renegotiate my mortgage to another fixed rate period or swap to another morgage provider that will give me 5 years or so, fixed rate???
i'm not sure if switching will elongate my mortgage period or is it just not feasable to do this?
afraid i'm not to clued up on this, so ANY information or advice would be most appreciated.
i look forward to being confused by your responses!
cheers
skinto
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Hi there, fairly new to the mortgaging world, but you can change to another fixed rate deal when you are outside of your current fixed rate period, but check what the 'exit fee' is with your currently lender. You will need to pay this to leave your current lender.
Then on top of that the new lender will prob charge for an arrangment fee which will again vary from lender to lender. The put them in the same way credit cards have started putting 2% on Balance transfers, so they still make money from you when you hop about taking advantage of introductary offers. Nationwide has started a new trend, trying to keep customers, by other better deals for 'Loyal Customers' - is this the way other bansk will go?
Hope this is a start... some more experienced peeps will give you some more info no doubt...0 -
the existing lender will often (but not always) offer a new deal for you to move into. Sometiems you have to ask for what deals they will offer. You can then go to a whole of market mortgage adviser and ask if those deals can be bettered. If they can, you can remortgage. If they cant you take the deal on offer.I am an Independent Financial Adviser (IFA). The comments I make are just my opinion and are for discussion purposes only. They are not financial advice and you should not treat them as such. If you feel an area discussed may be relevant to you, then please seek advice from an Independent Financial Adviser local to you.0
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Indeed agree with dunston.
First port of call will be your current lender - find out what deals they will offer you based on what you are looking for i.e. 5 year fixed rate repayment mortgage over 20 years.
You would then find a good fee free whole of market adviser and let them do some research for you and come back with options that match what you are looking for
You will then be able to compare all the schemes and decide which is the most appropriate for you
HTHI 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 -
thanks y'all for replying. keep it coming tho folks...i want to be armed with as much info as my tiny wee brain can soak up!!
cheers
skinto.0
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