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Ditch & Switch Mortgage - ERC?

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?

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  • amnblog
    amnblog Posts: 12,764 Forumite
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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.
  • getmore4less
    getmore4less Posts: 46,882 Forumite
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    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.
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