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Mortgage rate in the near future? Increasing? or decreasing ?
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gemmaking
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Are mortgage rates set to increaes? or decrease in the years to come?
in the next 2-3 years?
(lets say the economy gets more downhill)
in the next 2-3 years?
(lets say the economy gets more downhill)
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My crystal ball is cloudy today...please try again tomorrow!Thinking critically since 1996....0
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Are mortgage rates set to increaes? or decrease in the years to come?
in the next 2-3 years?
(lets say the economy gets more downhill)
Yes, more than likely.
Without major improvements in the economy, I can't see the need for the BofE to raise base rates, although if UK PLC is the next to be picked on after Ireland/Greece/Spain/Italy then bond rates could rise dramatically.
At the moment central banks seem to be throwing money into the system to try to hold rates down, and currently lenders are reducing rates, but ultimately these changes are minor, whether you pay 3 or 3.5% is not going to make a dramatic difference to most people.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.0 -
Hopefully it goes down further and they pay me to borrow money off them.
p.s...it won't drop any further.
It's a gamble....do you fix or do you get a lower variable/tracker rate? The choice is yours. You will probably choose the wrong bet so you can hedge your bets by getting a mortgage which is half fixed and half variable. They are quite rare but there are other hedging options available to you.:footie:Regular savers earn 6% interest (HSBC, First Direct, M&S)
Loans cost 2.9% per year (Nationwide) = FREE money.
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Hopefully it goes down further and they pay me to borrow money off them.
p.s...it won't drop any further.
It's a gamble....do you fix or do you get a lower variable/tracker rate? The choice is yours. You will probably choose the wrong bet so you can hedge your bets by getting a mortgage which is half fixed and half variable. They are quite rare but there are other hedging options available to you.
I hear these guys are pretty good: http://www.hedgesdirect.co.uk0
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