Mortgages25 Jun 2023 17:27
Mortgage rates are going to cause pain for those coming off fixed rate deals or those wanting to upsize or borrow to the limit..
If some one took out a 300k mortgage @ circa 1.5% a couple of years ago, they would be paying circa 4.5k a year interest, some of those people will not be able to remortgage onto another fixed rate due to failing the affordability test and will revert to standard variable rate circa 7.5% and will now pay circa 22.5k a year interest on a balance of 300k..
those wanting to upsize could have got a 300k mortgage @ 1.5% fixed rate a couple of year ago and payed 4.5k a year interest, now it circa 6.2% so around £18600 per year interest… (I’m in this situation) a lot are saying this is nothing compared to the 1980s etc.. what they a missing is house prices are so much more expensive in relation to earnings compared to the 1980s so it just as bad..
by the time one joint owner in a household who’s borrowed to the limit has paid tax etc on their earnings, the bank will swipe what’s left for interest. Then your left to live of what’s left of the other partners earnings again after HMRC has swiped their 1/3 of earnings.. on top of that everything else is costing more than before.. prices of food and products will not come back down as you need deflation to achieve that… government aiming for 2% per year, so what you pay now is hear to stay plus another 2% on top.. utility bills will not return to what they were, there’s been big inflation matching pay rises in the utility industry which now needs to be covered by consumers bills..
House prices need to be lower going forwards, some of these fictitious made up inflated house prices listed on rightmove take the p1ss.. estate agents have got greedy and need to get realistic. Unaffordable……