Remortgage - ERC

Feb 03, 2004 2 Replies

I am currently 2 years into a 3 year fixed mortgage term with Northern Rock



The rate is capped, though we are currently paying the maximum rate under that term. The monthly payment is currently £470 (and presumably can't rise any higher).



I also have a loan with £8,500 outstanding, on which I pay £160/month.



I would like to add the loan onto the mortgage - to get monthly payments down and to consolidate the two, and have found a couple of products with Nationwide where I could get this on a 2 year fixed rate for £490/month or a 2 year tracker currently at £440 a month.



The thing that is stalling me, is that I have an ERC on the existing mortgage of approx £1500



Is it worth just paying this now, and making the obvious savings (some of which I may well use to overpay on the mortgage - but consider that I won't do that for now, be pessimistic :) )...or would I be better off staying with my current product until this time next year when I would be able to move with no ERC



I suppose in short, I'm wondering if I will save more than I spend by paying the ERC!!!


On the face of it, your payments would go down from 470+160c0 to 440 or 490, a saving of 140 to 190 a month. It'd take a few weeks to set up, so there may only be 10 months involved, and so paying out 1500 to save

1400 would be daft, but paying 1500 to save 1900 would be OK, but marginal, especially if you'd have to borrow the 1500.

You may not need to redeem and remortgage in order to consolidate. NR might let you add the 8500 to the existing loan without affecting the existing terms. Then you can always change products a year down the line.

NR will allow you to borrow extra, but it will be at the same rate as the capped rate and cost £299.

What you then do once your tie in is up is up to you.

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