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Can anyone beat the Abbey 5.47% 3-year fixed mortgage?

Chisler
Chisler Posts: 3 Newbie
in Mortgages & endowments
We're after a fixed mortgage and were hoping to go for the HSBC 5.39% 5-year fixed, but by the time we were able to finally get an appointment with HSBC it had been pulled.

Does anybody have any horror stories of Abbey? We have never banked with them.

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  • meanmachine_2
    meanmachine_2 Posts: 2,624 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    I'm sorry, I can't find that rate quoted on their website.

    Are you sure it's still available? Or is it a brand new product yet to be posted on their site?
  • KTF
    KTF Posts: 4,855 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Cant see it on the intermediaries website either.
  • theboylard
    theboylard Posts: 1,211 Forumite
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    Best offer I've had from Abbey is 5.83 fix for 3 years, £499 fee - had no problems with Abbey for the last 3 years, bit light on communication but otherwise they're fine.
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  • Chisler
    Chisler Posts: 3 Newbie
    Looks like 5.47% rate was withdrawn Friday morning! But I think Abbey will reserve it for us - which is better than what HSBC did - it was almost like they were trying to put us off altogether.
  • JF77
    JF77 Posts: 303 Forumite
    Chisler wrote: »
    Looks like 5.47% rate was withdrawn Friday morning! But I think Abbey will reserve it for us - which is better than what HSBC did - it was almost like they were trying to put us off altogether.


    I wonder why, maybe it's because they have more potential customers than they can shake a stick at.
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  • Chisler
    Chisler Posts: 3 Newbie
    I wonder why that is?

    Abbey did charge 430 for a valuation survey - I'm now nervous about how much the full structural will be.
  • curlyboy
    curlyboy Posts: 255 Forumite
    hi guys how much approx would i pay on a mortgage of £95,000 @ 5.89 over 25 years please

    thanks
  • Treadmill
    Treadmill Posts: 1,102 Forumite
    612.83 Repayment
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