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Make mortgage overpayment or wait until fixed ends in 9 months?

Have money to enable me to make an overpayment of 10% lump sump on my mortgage (no charge). Or do I wait until my fixed term ends in 9 months??

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  • Mark_d
    Mark_d Posts: 2,748 Forumite
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    Paying £10k into your mortgage will save you £10k*2% mortgage interest.  I suggest you keep the money in a good savings account because you can easily earn more interest than you would be paying on £10 of mortgage debt.
  • Hoenir
    Hoenir Posts: 7,742 Forumite
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    Without knowing the interest rate you are paying. Impossible to provide any guidance. 
  • Mortgage is currently a fixed rate of 2.29% that ends June 2025
  • MFWannabe
    MFWannabe Posts: 2,549 Forumite
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    You’d be better off putting it into a high interest account and paying it off when fix is up 

    MFW 2026 #50: £3,583.49/£25,000

    Mortgage:
    16/01/26: £56,794.25
    02/01/26: £60,223.17

    12/08/25: Mortgage: £62,500.00
    12/06/25: Mortgage: £65,000.00
    07/03/25: Mortgage: £67,000.00
    18/01/25: Mortgage: £68,500.14
    27/12/24: Mortgage: £69,278.38 

    Savings: £20,000




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