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help - losing my house?

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  • dotdash79
    dotdash79 Posts: 1,069 Forumite
    I would also go back over your original dealing with your broker, and look at why he recommended that in writing.
  • carslet
    carslet Posts: 360 Forumite
    billybobz wrote: »
    100%. Term was about 7.5 years.



    This might be the way I have to go. Not good for my wellbeing however, all that time just sitting and hoping things improve.

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    ok i understand, but if you don't do anything now you will owe it all, at least this way gives you a chance of paying down as much as possible, and possibly by then if there is a small increase in house prices, this would help, or there might even be 5% mortgages available by then,

    take the chance get on repayment asap, pay the 10k off if you can, and pay any over payments you can, and review in 1 year from your first payment
  • dotdash79
    dotdash79 Posts: 1,069 Forumite
    Don't switch to repayment, if you only have a year left of your mortgage your monthly repayments will be around £10k. Make capital repayments but stick to IO
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