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Portman INCREASE Their 5 Year Fixed

Following the BoE rate cut last week, we have been draggging our heels on applying for Portman's 5 year fixed at 4.45% mortgage.

In the end we caved in (needed to get cracking with moving our purchase on) and applied for it on Tuesday.

Today Portman have announced an increase in their 5 year fixed rate to 4.59%! :eek:

Phew, perhaps you other guys and gals waiting for lower fixed might want to reconsider. ;)

It's nice saving £513.60 :money:
Temrael

Don't use a long word when a diminutive one will suffice.

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  • Fairdo_2
    Fairdo_2 Posts: 442 Forumite
    I refer you onto MortgageGenie thread "Fixed Rates could go up, due to small increase in SWAP rates.
    I am a Mortgage Adviser
    You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a Mortgage Adviser, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice.
  • Temrael
    Temrael Posts: 402 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    Aye spotted that, but as far as I'm aware Portman is the first evidence we've seen of it in practice. And I broke the Portman story first, a full 12 mins earlier. Hehe :)

    If the mods want to merge threads that's fine with me, but I just wanted to make sure people like me who had been holding off for lower fixed rates were warned.

    It's one thing to say that a rate rise is conceivable having looked at market figures, but seeing it actually happen is more likely to spur people in to action.

    That's why I posted it in it's own thread... that and I was feeling a bit smug. :cool:
    Temrael

    Don't use a long word when a diminutive one will suffice.
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