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I think PS was basing his value on the house being worth 190k. Just gotta hope the bank would value it at that, depending on how they do their valuation.
I based it on the £190k he said his home was now worth.
So yeah it depends on what the lender values it at. It's not without the realms of possibility though that it's worth £17k more after 2 years.
Just locked in for 5 years at 1.24%. Currently paying 2.84% so interest will be literally halved and then some in 2 months time. Decided to stick with same lender to avoid all the hassle of switching and that was the best deal they had after running the numbers all day long on the options available.
My outstanding term was 16 years (original mortgage 21 years as a FTB) decided at these rates best to extend to 32 years. I won't be able to borrow money for cheaper than this ever again in my lifetime so best to rinse it whilst I can.
won’t that make the overall cost roughly the same?
That's a lot of faff to free up 500 quid. Where are you easily making 5-7%?Only if I don't make any money off the reduced payment amount.
Let's say on a 16 year term my monthly payment is circa £1400. On the 32 year term my monthly payment is circa £900.
If I take the £500 I now have extra in my bank account (because my term has doubled) and invest it else where I can easily make circa 5-7% on it year on year compounded it doesn't really matter if I pay an extra 16 years worth of interest at 1.24% because the £500 is making much more than paying the mortgage would and the compound effect means that in 32 years time it will equal £475k with a modest 5% year on year. That is versus the £192K I would have paid to pay it off 16 years earlier. And then had say £1400 per month to invest over 16 years equaling £417k at the same 5%. I'm £50k better off so long as I stick with the plan and that's if it's only a measly 5%. I plan on making close to at least double that.
Paying 1.24% interest is nothing. So rather than overpayments on the mortgage. Investments which return far more than 1.24% mean although I pay more interest on the home. I am able to offset that through investment at least 5 times over.
This may well be the case but mortgages are typically high volume. 1.2% compounded on several hundred k is still a fair chunk.This is the old your mileage may vary, but certainly over the last 10 years, my investments have easily outpaced mortgage rates, by a factor of at least 3x, past performance shouldn't be taken as representative of future performance yadda yadda yadda. But with low interest rates looking to persist for years and the possibility of inflation ticking up I don't see things changing.
That's a lot of faff to free up 500 quid. Where are you easily making 5-7%?
Yeah, but so would the chunk of cash you've not paid into your mortgage assuming it's one or the other.This may well be the case but mortgages are typically high volume. 1.2% compounded on several hundred k is still a fair chunk.
One is starting high and finishing low, so unless you've got a big chunk to start off with you need to be careful on the maths.Yeah, but so would the chunk of cash you've not paid into your mortgage assuming it's one or the other.
No, it's a choice of say not borrowing another £20k against borrowing it and simultaneuosly investing £20k, if your returns on the investment are more than the cost of the interest on the £20k of debt, the fact you might have another couple of hundred k of debt doesn't really come into it.One is starting high and finishing low, so unless you've got a big chunk to start off with you need to be careful on the maths.
Agreed, my point was the figure you used as 20k. Unless you have that initial input value then 500 quid a month compounding from 0 is going to be tricky to make work.No, it's a choice of say not borrowing another £20k against borrowing it and simultaneuosly investing £20k, if your returns on the investment are more than the cost of the interest on the £20k of debt, the fact you might have another couple of hundred k of debt doesn't really come into it.
Agreed.Certainly it's advisable to always look at your fianances on a regular basis as the landscape changes, as well as your personal circumstance and risk appetite.