Predicted increase in cost of Mortgages

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With the Bank of England announcing the end of Funding for Lending for Mortgages. Does anyone know if its possible to fix a mortgage for 4/5 years at current low % rates now even though we haven't managed to get a house as yet (we are 1st time buyers with a 15-20% deposit looking hourly/daily in NE area of London). We are more than willing to pay a fee/deposit up front to secure the mortgage at a good rate. Any advice would be really welcome.
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Seconded.
You will, however, be able to get the maximum the bank is willing to look at lending, directly from the bank.
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OP, you need to bear in mind when assessing what to do, that brit1234 has been waiting for years for a house price crash which he has regularly predicted but has come to nothing ...
I bought in early 2007, and my house is worth about £150k more than we paid for it (£600k-ish), so don't worry.
My old house (W3) is back on the market for £900k, and we sold that for £650k.
I can spell, my iPad can't.
Are you still predicting that house prices will crash 50% by Christmas?
How is your "Buyers strike" faring out?
HSBC has never used FLS as far as I can remember, so it may reassert its dominance of the rate market again.
Bought our current house in the frothy market of 2007. Certainly wouldn't sell it for we paid for it. Nor recover the amount we've spent on personalising the house and garden.
Some of the smaller BS will struggle to have competitive rates but that will be the worst.