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My wife and I have put our house up for sale unfortunately,  we were due to re mortgage in August, the bank now say we cannot do that due to selling and are going to increase our payments to an extra £400 a month we simply can't afford this, is there anything we can do, .

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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 35,383 Forumite
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    edited 17 July 2020 at 1:13PM
    Delay selling or sell it quickly.

    It will cost you a fortune to remortgage and then immediately end the mortgage.
  • Can we take it off market, re mortgage then put it back on?
  • steve866
    steve866 Posts: 546 Forumite
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    I remortgaged to Nationwide, I’m pretty sure my property was on the market at the time. I went on a tracker mortgage with no early repayment charge which was cheaper than the standard rate I was about to go on with the previous mortgage. 
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 35,383 Forumite
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    Can we take it off market, re mortgage then put it back on?
    You can, but make sure you understand the ERC. You probably don't want to pay 3-4% of the properties value in addition to your selling costs.
  • ACG
    ACG Posts: 24,897 Forumite
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    If you tie into a new deal and then redeem the mortgage, there are usually early repayment charges, potentially in the thousands to pay.

    Could you ask for a payment holiday/payment holiday because of corona? 
    I am a Mortgage Adviser
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