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With mortgage tracker rates being much cheaper than fixes at the moment...

I am presuming repeated 0.25 base rate rises this year is 100% guaranteed, ie avoid trackers......anyone a crystal ball

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  • Thrugelmir
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    May well be limited traches of funds available for longer term fixed rate products. In the US the average 30 year fixed term mortgage product has hit over 5% in the past week. Days of low rates seem to be over. 
  • housebuyer143
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    edited 17 April 2022 at 9:23PM
    IAMIAM said:
    I am presuming repeated 0.25 base rate rises this year is 100% guaranteed, ie avoid trackers......anyone a crystal ball
    No guarantees of anything - the trackers have been going town in recent days, they are quite a bit cheaper than fixed at the moment, so might actually work out better, even with base rate rises?.
  • IAMIAM
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    Correct HSBC 2 year tracker, 1.49 vs fixed 2.25, that allows for say 3 BOE base rate rises, assuming 0.25 increases.
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