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Remortgage dilemma....

Hi All,
Hoping everybody is good, well and coping with the current climate. 
We have a dilemma which I'm hoping some of the good people on here could assist us with.....
I currently have a fixed term mortgage (on my own) coming to the end in june of this year and my girlfriend moved in with me a few months back with a view to buying a house together sometime soonish (3-12 months) depending on how long the country is affected by this current very sad situation.
So my dilemma is this...do I remortgage now (on my own) with a new 2 year fixed term and just swallow the early repayment fee when we move (likely to be £1k-2k) or let my current mortgage term run out and gamble on how much my extra monthly payment will be increased by on a variable rate until we move??
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, including other strategies or anything else which I may not have considered (likely).
Many thanks all. Stay safe and well  :)

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  • kuratowski
    kuratowski Posts: 1,415 Forumite
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    edited 15 April 2020 at 5:26PM
    Some lenders' tracker mortgages have no early repayment fees.  Which lender are you currently with?

    Edit: The point is this would be cheaper than the standard variable rate.
  • Some lenders' tracker mortgages have no early repayment fees.  Which lender are you currently with?

    Edit: The point is this would be cheaper than the standard variable rate.
    Thanks for the information. With nationwide at the moment.
  • kuratowski
    kuratowski Posts: 1,415 Forumite
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    Then you are in luck, Nationwide tracker mortgages don't have ERCs.
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