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Should I stay or should I go

Looking for a bit of help

Just accepted an offer on my house and had an offer accepted on a house and am just working through the mine field of deciding which mortgage to go with

Current situation in a 4 year fixed deal with nationwide which runs out in April so will have to pay 1% on my current 65.5k mortgage to leave

Now spoke to them and with no fees they can offer 2.54 on a 205k mortgage with me putting 35k down as deposit which is 82% LTV now I do have further savings of around 10k so could put the extra 6k in to take it under 80% LTV but it doesn’t change rate with nationwide

Now from my research Sainsbury’s and metro seem to be best deal and I can get

82% ltv

Sainsbury
2.14 £995 fee £250 cashback and free valuation
2.34 £0 fee £250 cashback and free valuation

Metro
2.14 £804 fees

80%LTV

Sainsbury
2.08 £995 fee £250 cashback and free valuation
2.24 £0 fee £250 cashback and free valuation

Metro
2.04 £804 fees

Now question is how much worse off would I be staying with nationwide and if it’s better to leave is it worth over 5 years putting the extra deposit in now and not keeping the savings for decorating and doing that gradually

Huge thanks in advance

Comments

  • The quick calc is rate difference * mortgage * years

    The real saving is less by a few £100 max.

    First check is fee/no fee 0.002*200k*5=£2k. fee are better

    82%ltv £4k
    80%ltv £4.5k

    To get that actual saving for your term add fees make payment the same and see how much is left in 5 years.
  • So sounds for a few hundred better o stay with nationwide and not to increase deposit ?
  • getmore4less
    getmore4less Posts: 46,882 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper I've helped Parliament
    It is not a few hundred it is £1000s, less a few hundred because you are on repayment.
  • Appologies if I misread your post and it’s 1000s not 100s

    Which do you think is best option

    Stay with nationwide
    Got with sainsbury
    Go with metro
  • getmore4less
    getmore4less Posts: 46,882 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper I've helped Parliament
    There is more to changing than rate.

    You could look at 2 years and getting down to 75%

    What about overpayment retention deal other fees SVR. Etc
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