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if rates went up to 12%........
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I'd have to find an extra £130/month, and that's on a mortgage of only £40,000 so a lot of people would have to find a lot more. Could do it, but wouldn't be able to save anything so unexpected bills would be a problem.
I thought that interest rates only hit 15% for part of a day? Making sure you can cope with rates of 10% seems sensible, and isn't it strange that it doesn't seem out of the realms of possibility that it may happen, only 5 years after rates were 3.5%!0 -
Using the BBC Calculator our mortgage would rise from 931.00 a month to about £1550.00 a month. We could manage this rise but only if our income was to stay at the level it is now. I am a Manager in the Civil Service but OH is a self employed taxi driver and presumbly if everyone is hit by these rises people wont be spending their money on taxis! I bought my house in 2004 when I was 20 and dont remember the housing problems first time round but my parents do and were horrified at the thought that people were taking on 100% plus mortgages. We have a 90% mortgage and with overpayments early on now have a LTV of 74% (obv depends on how far house prices fall!) x x Sobering stuffPay Debt by Xmas 16 - 0/12000
There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man.0 -
I'm in the same situation, I'd personally be very okay
but I'm altruistic enough to see the 'bigger picture'
unlike the worst of the hpi 'junkies' who call for ever higher house prices
Do you have a job?
I ask because I cannot imagine anyone in gainful employment would personally benefit from interest rates at 12%.0 -
Do you have a job?
I ask because I cannot imagine anyone in gainful employment would personally benefit from interest rates at 12%.
Lots of people. Judges. Balliffs. Receivers. Insolvency practicioners....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
I`ve checked and my payments would go up by about £400. Luckily I don`t have any other debt and I do earn more than I pay out. I`ve already begun to tighten my belt in anticipation of higher rates.0
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In seems almost heinous to admit that the global economic problems are keeping my DH's job very secure. He is busy, busy busy, and is likely to remain so. Not that we see it as desirable but its certainly a relief in this climate.0
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