Minimum Mortgage Amount
Minimum Mortgage Amount
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porcupineprince

Original Poster:

623 posts

202 months

Thursday 6th January 2011
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I'm looking at borrowing around £5000 through a mortgage for a property that i own.

I've made a few enquiries and the minimum amount I can borrow appears to be £10k.

Do any of the PH Finance bods know of where a lesser amount can be borrowed from? I don't want it over any more than 5 years.

Cheers.

mcflurry

9,179 posts

269 months

Thursday 6th January 2011
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Why would you want to secure such a small amount on a property, plus pay for surveys and fees etc?
A £5000 loan is £102 a month on moneysupermarket, over 5 years unsecured, with no fees etc smile

scotal

8,751 posts

295 months

Thursday 6th January 2011
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Have you spoken to Co-op, C&G or Nationwide?

scotal

8,751 posts

295 months

Thursday 6th January 2011
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mcflurry said:
Why would you want to secure such a small amount on a property, plus pay for surveys and fees etc?
A £5000 loan is £102 a month on moneysupermarket, over 5 years unsecured, with no fees etc smile
If he picks the right scheme he could set up a fees free mortgage.
Whether it makes sense to secure that sort of borrowing on a property is a whole 'nother matter.

Tino

1,948 posts

299 months

Thursday 6th January 2011
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Can you not just borrow 10k, and then pay back 5k early? No fees on HSBC, and tracks at 1.89 over base for life!

princeperch

8,127 posts

263 months

Thursday 6th January 2011
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or borrow the minimum and reduce the term after a bit?

Road Pest

3,123 posts

214 months

Thursday 6th January 2011
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Why would you want to secure 5k?

dave-therave

332 posts

193 months

Friday 7th January 2011
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Can you not do a further advance on your mortgage? As long as you aren't at your maximum LTV of course.

Edited by dave-therave on Friday 7th January 21:03