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Are there any benefits of shorter mortgage term?
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If you don’t want to mess with multiple accounts and trying to beat the mortgage rate but want the flexibility, just get an offset mortgage.0
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Second the idea of an Offset mortgage brilliant
Again popular on the Mortgage Free Wannabe board.
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I guess it's going slightly off-topic but offset mortgage rates come with higher rates for example 5 years at Barclays - 5.52% for fixed and 6.25% for offset.
So going for fixed rate and keeping money in saving account is still better idea as we pay less interest and savings rates either fixed 6% or ISAs 5.7% offer better rates.
Taking the longest possible term and keeping money in savings account as for now is the cheapest option.0
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