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Ditch & Switch Mortgage - ERC?
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BoracicLint
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Morning,
I've been considering taking advantage of recent house price increases by remortgaging to move myself into a lower LTV band.
I have 2 years left on my current deal (4 year fix, 95% LTV) and although it carries a hefty £4500 redemption charge, I believe that considering I am now in the 80% LTV band, even after factoring in the ERC, it will be cheaper to switch, knocking 5 years off the term and saving myself about £100pm!
The question is, can I add the ERC to the new mortgage? Do most mortgage lenders allow this?
I've been considering taking advantage of recent house price increases by remortgaging to move myself into a lower LTV band.
I have 2 years left on my current deal (4 year fix, 95% LTV) and although it carries a hefty £4500 redemption charge, I believe that considering I am now in the 80% LTV band, even after factoring in the ERC, it will be cheaper to switch, knocking 5 years off the term and saving myself about £100pm!
The question is, can I add the ERC to the new mortgage? Do most mortgage lenders allow this?
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Provided you are not going over 80% LTV I don't see why not with most providers.
Make 100% sure you are making a decent saving though and watch out for issues like your ERC reducing on a product anniversary.I am a Mortgage Broker
You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a Mortgage Broker, 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 -
what do the numbers look like. loan, rate, term
You have to recover the £4.5k in 2 years(ish) to make it worth it.0
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