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Rent or Buy - that is the Question!

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  • audigex
    audigex Posts: 557 Forumite
    libf wrote: »
    And interest rates will have gone up to maybe 2 or 3%.

    I'd agree with this

    If you're currently looking at a 90% LTV, then any gains you see from dropping to a 70% LTV will likely be equivalent to the losses you'll suffer from an interest rate drop

    ie you should roughly see the "resulting" interest rate stay the same, eg the one that you get on your mortgage
    "You did not pull yourself up by your bootstraps. You were lucky enough to come of age at a time when housing was cheap, welfare was generous, and inflation was high enough to wipe out any debts you acquired. I’m pleased for you, but please stop being so unbearably smug about it."
  • ArunM
    ArunM Posts: 11 Forumite
    libf wrote: »
    Depends if you're prepared to spend twice on moving costs like solicitor fees and stamp duty.

    Thanks libf for being patient and answering my query.
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