We'd like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate on the Forum... Read More »
📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!
Remortgage or debt consolidation?
Options
Comments
-
Hi OP, is there an amount that you feel you could afford to pay for the larger mortgage? Say it's £1k more than you're currently paying - I'd suggest using that £1k to pay down the highest debts instead. At the end of the day your outgoings are the same, but you'll benefit from paying far less on your mortgage overall and that money will be going on the actual debt rather than so much interest.
Keep paying the minimum on the 0% cards and you'll soon be able to tackle them too.
The mortgage calculators on MSE can be quite the eye opener, it's scary how much interest is paid on long mortgages.
At least think about it.0
Confirm your email address to Create Threads and Reply

Categories
- All Categories
- 351.1K Banking & Borrowing
- 253.2K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
- 453.7K Spending & Discounts
- 244.1K Work, Benefits & Business
- 599.2K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
- 177K Life & Family
- 257.5K Travel & Transport
- 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
- 16.1K Discuss & Feedback
- 37.6K Read-Only Boards