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Should I move unsecured to secured?

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  • MEM62
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    My thoughts;

    1) Would your wife be entitled to any redundancy settlement. If so, what are your plans for this money? (Maybe some of this could be used to reduce the loan balance)

    2) There seems to be no assumption that you wife will secure new employment. Is it unrealistic to expect that she would find a new job?

    3) Interest only mortgage? Why? Are your finances already stressed?

    Of course, we do not have the full story or your background but these points would be influential in dictating your strategy.
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