Mortgage, Car Loan, ISA
Mortgage, Car Loan, ISA
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K77 CTR

Original Poster:

1,663 posts

212 months

Tuesday 14th May 2013
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After a little bit of advice,

Sarnie has got me a great deal on my mortgage (fingers crossed it all goes through without any problems) I now have an extra £200 per month that I can survive without.

Do I overpay on my mortgage (which is 2.?% Sarnie please don't shout at me for not knowing what my interest rate is!!) overpay my car loan (at approx 5.9%) or pay into my ISA at 2.15%

I'm guessing I'm best off overpaying the car loan but my dad says mortgage, any advice??

thekingisdead

320 posts

163 months

Tuesday 14th May 2013
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Assuming you already have a rainy day fund built up, I'd overpay the car loan first.

K77 CTR

Original Poster:

1,663 posts

212 months

Tuesday 14th May 2013
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thekingisdead said:
Assuming you already have a rainy day fund built up, I'd overpay the car loan first.
Yep rainy day fund already in place but always happy to have more wink

New POD

3,851 posts

180 months

Tuesday 14th May 2013
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Does you computer have excel ?

I'd put the figures into a spreadsheet, over the length of the remaining car loan, and do some comparisons.

BUT :

Clearly the % on the car loan makes it obvious that you'd pay that off first

Sarnie

8,373 posts

239 months

Tuesday 14th May 2013
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K77 CTR said:
After a little bit of advice,

Sarnie has got me a great deal on my mortgage (fingers crossed it all goes through without any problems) I now have an extra £200 per month that I can survive without.

Do I overpay on my mortgage (which is 2.?% Sarnie please don't shout at me for not knowing what my interest rate is!!) overpay my car loan (at approx 5.9%) or pay into my ISA at 2.15%

I'm guessing I'm best off overpaying the car loan but my dad says mortgage, any advice??
Haha!

A debt at 5.9% is higher than your mortgage rate so overpay this first, especially as a short term debt the monthly payment will be high. Therefore once that is paid this will free up another significant amount of money to be able to plunder the mortgage. If your loan was say £200, then once this is gone you will have £400 a month to over pay the mortgage!

I expect your LTV to be 50% when your product expires wink

K77 CTR

Original Poster:

1,663 posts

212 months

Wednesday 15th May 2013
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Sarnie said:
I expect your LTV to be 50% when your product expires wink
If you want me to overpay my car loan, there's NO chance of that, as the car loan still has a good two years to run wink

no effort

224 posts

209 months

Wednesday 15th May 2013
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Did you look into increasing your mortgage to pay off your car loan and then use what would have been the loan repayment money to pay off your mortgage?

I also when remortgaging try and kept the repayments the same but reduce the term time.


K77 CTR

Original Poster:

1,663 posts

212 months

Wednesday 15th May 2013
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no effort said:
Did you look into increasing your mortgage to pay off your car loan and then use what would have been the loan repayment money to pay off your mortgage?

I also when remortgaging try and kept the repayments the same but reduce the term time.
Hadn't thought of that but I like to have the option to keep some money back if I have any unexpected costs

Sarnie

8,373 posts

239 months

Wednesday 15th May 2013
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K77 CTR said:
Hadn't thought of that but I like to have the option to keep some money back if I have any unexpected costs
The LTV of the product chosen wouldn't have allowed the extra borrowing smile

K77 CTR

Original Poster:

1,663 posts

212 months

Thursday 16th May 2013
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Sarnie said:
The LTV of the product chosen wouldn't have allowed the extra borrowing smile
Sarnie, always around to keep reality in check wink

hbzboy

444 posts

215 months

Thursday 16th May 2013
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Sarnie. Do you deal with UK mortgages for overseas purchases?