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  • herbiesjp
    herbiesjp Posts: 8,499 Forumite
    If you have a £123k mortgage how much capital do you need to pay back to BM to clear the mortgage?

    It is £123k - if you want to leave BM they are not going to say thanks for th 6 months payments, that is all you owe us, now the proprty is yours. No.

    You still have £123k minus the capital element of your mortgage payments for 6 months

    IT is not to do with your monthly mortgage payments, the overall figure you have to pay back to BM if you wish to leave them.

    HTH
    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.
  • nealnomoney
    nealnomoney Posts: 161 Forumite
    Yes of course i know that after 6 payments the house wouldnt be mine, only in a perfect world. I dont think you understand what i am trying to say.

    They are saying that an exit fee would be 5% of capital amount repaid in first year, ie 5% on the 12 payments i made.

    I find this very unclear, would i not have some sort of case against them as i didnt fully understand what i was getting into when applying for this mortgage.
  • nealnomoney
    nealnomoney Posts: 161 Forumite
    I'd recommend you seek fees free mortgage advice by a broker on here.

    As you can see im already speaking to one :rolleyes:
  • herbiesjp
    herbiesjp Posts: 8,499 Forumite
    Yes of course i know that after 6 payments the house wouldnt be mine, only in a perfect world. I dont think you understand what i am trying to say.

    They are saying that an exit fee would be 5% of capital amount repaid in first year, ie 5% on the 12 payments i made.

    I find this very unclear, would i not have some sort of case against them as i didnt fully understand what i was getting into when applying for this mortgage.

    No - if you did not understand you should have got clarification before signing

    I'll try and keep this simple:

    If you want to clear the mortgage, how much do you think you have to pay back to BM - forget penalties for the moment
    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.
  • nealnomoney
    nealnomoney Posts: 161 Forumite
    say 118000
  • herbiesjp
    herbiesjp Posts: 8,499 Forumite
    OK so you have to pay back £118k in capital to BM - correct?
    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.
  • nealnomoney
    nealnomoney Posts: 161 Forumite
    correct lol
  • herbiesjp
    herbiesjp Posts: 8,499 Forumite
    so in the first year, the 5% applies to the £118k capital that you would need to pay back to leave BM - correct?
    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.
  • nealnomoney
    nealnomoney Posts: 161 Forumite
    yes, maybe lol

    5% of capital amount repaid in first year, *repaid* being the important word here. They are saying repaid, which surely means the money that i have paid them back.
  • herbiesjp
    herbiesjp Posts: 8,499 Forumite
    lol

    It sounds like you want to hear what you would like to hear.

    But it does not work that way I'm afraid, the 5% is charged on the capital *being repaid*

    Not the capital that has *been repaid*

    HTH
    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.
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