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Title: Interest rates cut to 2%
Post by: Dusty on 04 December 2008, 12:38:52
The Bank of England has just cut interest rates by 1% to 2%.

Of The last 1.5% cut of last month...my lender only passed on 1.1%

Lets hope that the banks are minded to pass on the full cut this time.  

Governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King has suggested that "more stick and less carrot" may be used on the banks in future if they do not comply.

I say the sooner the better. :-* :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: Interest rates cut to 2%
Post by: 3.2xplodmark on 04 December 2008, 12:41:45
its about time cuts were passed on
Title: Re: Interest rates cut to 2%
Post by: Jimbob on 04 December 2008, 12:46:19
I got all the last one, and been promised all of this one :)
Title: Re: Interest rates cut to 2%
Post by: markey mark on 04 December 2008, 12:46:50
im looking for a new deal as we speak !!  :y :y
Title: Re: Interest rates cut to 2%
Post by: Dusty on 04 December 2008, 12:56:28
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I got all the last one, and been promised all of this one :)
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Seems like we are with the wrong bank. :-/ :-* :-*
Title: Re: Interest rates cut to 2%
Post by: Danny on 04 December 2008, 13:02:10
I think i could benefit from this then :D
Title: Re: Interest rates cut to 2%
Post by: Martin_1962 on 04 December 2008, 13:03:31
+0.99% tracker

Down by £85 so far tso this is another £42

This will pay for my WIMing after Christmas
Title: Re: Interest rates cut to 2%
Post by: Mr Skrunts on 04 December 2008, 13:14:55
I got the interest cut passed on immediately . . . . on my savinggs account.  :-/
Title: Re: Interest rates cut to 2%
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 04 December 2008, 13:34:42
no problem with interest rates as I dont keep/have anything in the bank ;D
Title: Re: Interest rates cut to 2%
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 04 December 2008, 13:37:03
actually the bast***s dont apply any interest for my salary accounts

so I'll let them 0.0 ;D
Title: Re: Interest rates cut to 2%
Post by: HerefordElite on 04 December 2008, 13:37:57
can we all please stop talking about interest rate cuts, i'm still on a fixed rate (4.6%) for another 2 years.

We'll come out of it just in time for the rates to go back up i expect >:(
Title: Re: Interest rates cut to 2%
Post by: Dusty on 04 December 2008, 13:52:46
Apparently only 25% of lenders passed on the full 1.5% cut last month.

75%  passed on either part or nothing at all of the last cut.

The banks are a disgrace.

All of the taxpayers money that has been used to stop the banks from folding,and yet they are as dismissive as ever of the british people. :-/ :-/ :-/ :-*
Title: Re: Interest rates cut to 2%
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 04 December 2008, 15:44:42
may be not relevant,

but from production point of view banks produce nothing ..

they take your money , use and give you a very small comission..

and if you take credit they take off your skin ;D

curious now who will jump ;D ::)


Title: Re: Interest rates cut to 2%
Post by: Markie on 04 December 2008, 15:50:46
...and it will drop further folks - probably settling around 1.5% but dont rule out even less  :-/
Title: Re: Interest rates cut to 2%
Post by: MarkG on 04 December 2008, 15:59:04
My lender passed on 0.75% of the previous 1.5% drop but effective only from 1 Dec. Payments go out on 27th of the month.

I was really disgusted until I realised that my new rate of 4.49% is not too bad. I hope they will pass on the last reduction but am only expecting 0.5%
Title: Re: Interest rates cut to 2%
Post by: Jay w on 04 December 2008, 17:53:25
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Apparently only 25% of lenders passed on the full 1.5% cut last month.

75%  passed on either part or nothing at all of the last cut.

The banks are a disgrace.

All of the taxpayers money that has been used to stop the banks from folding,and yet they are as dismissive as ever of the british people. :-/ :-/ :-/ :-*

some banks have chosen not to use that fund, and in doing so feel that the are not at the mercy of the BOE  :-?

I'm with Bristol and west, they dropped 1% this month and the have told me this one will get passed on in the new year......didnt say which month thought

Mines just gone up to £362, mind you i have shortened the term by 10 years....i want rid of the bloody thing
Title: Re: Interest rates cut to 2%
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 04 December 2008, 19:55:14
I don't expect that my lender will pass on the full 1%.....but it will be better than nothing . :y :y :y

Title: Re: Interest rates cut to 2%
Post by: Entwood on 04 December 2008, 20:58:36
I know the rate drops are good for those with loans .. been there got the t-shirt ( I remember suffering when the rates hit 18% in the late '70's) but spare a thought for those who have saved long and hard to fund retirement ... we are seeing our income plummet.. and no-one seems to give a sh!t.

If you have savings you can't claim any help from government .... even when that governments crap policies have decimated your income from those savings ...

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Title: Re: Interest rates cut to 2%
Post by: Jay w on 04 December 2008, 21:32:33
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I know the rate drops are good for those with loans .. been there got the t-shirt ( I remember suffering when the rates hit 18% in the late '70's) but spare a thought for those who have saved long and hard to fund retirement ... we are seeing our income plummet.. and no-one seems to give a sh!t.

If you have savings you can't claim any help from government .... even when that governments crap policies have decimated your income from those savings ...

:(

Certainly not the government........

The government only seem to be interested in those who are of working age and have a home, or are paying tax, the grey voters seem to have been forgotten >:( >:(
Title: Re: Interest rates cut to 2%
Post by: Lazydocker on 04 December 2008, 21:36:24
My feelings do go out to people who are suffering with the reducing rates but TBH I think the majority are reaping the benefits at the moment. I hope my lender passes on the cut in full... I'll be calling them tomorrow to confirm last months cut and I'll delicately ask the question :y :y
Title: Re: Interest rates cut to 2%
Post by: Vamps on 04 December 2008, 21:55:02
I have  Tracker mortgage with the Halifax and get the full cuts, did not go down as much as I expected last time though ::)
Title: Re: Interest rates cut to 2%
Post by: Lazydocker on 05 December 2008, 11:25:54
Just spoken to my mortgage company and they've confirmed that they are passing on the full 1.5% reduction from last month and the full 1% from this month :y :y :y

Happy bunny now as it looks like my payments will have dropped by nearly £300 when I get both reductions through!  :o :o :o

Just need to get that money into a savings account now and I'll be laughing [size=8]at the pittance they offer as interest[/size]! :( :( Still, can't complain really, just a pity I'd be penalised for overpayment if I kept the mortgage payments the same ::) ::)
Title: Re: Interest rates cut to 2%
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 05 December 2008, 11:42:09
my 3.99% fixed rate deal ends in January (no tie in).

Next year, cash may be spent on a small (9m x 3.5m) extension.....given that the VAT is a little lower and saving is close pointless!
Title: Re: Interest rates cut to 2%
Post by: Elite Pete on 05 December 2008, 11:57:11
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can we all please stop talking about interest rate cuts, i'm still on a fixed rate (4.6%) for another 2 years.

We'll come out of it just in time for the rates to go back up i expect >:(
5.7% fixed for another 2 1/2 years. Im going to look around and see if its worth paying the penalty and going elsewhere. I will give my mortgage lender the choice of lowering my rate first or im off. Its worth a try :)
Title: Re: Interest rates cut to 2%
Post by: Lazydocker on 05 December 2008, 12:06:06
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can we all please stop talking about interest rate cuts, i'm still on a fixed rate (4.6%) for another 2 years.

We'll come out of it just in time for the rates to go back up i expect >:(
5.7% fixed for another 2 1/2 years. Im going to look around and see if its worth paying the penalty and going elsewhere. I will give my mortgage lender the choice of lowering my rate first or im off. Its worth a try :)

Definitely worth looking at... I'm tempted but want to give it longer as the tracker multiples are higher at the moment so I wouldn't get such a good deal. We had some adverse credit history when taking out this mortgage and still got BoEBR +1.24... I doubt I'd better that at the moment :y :y
Title: Re: Interest rates cut to 2%
Post by: Elite Pete on 05 December 2008, 12:14:50
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can we all please stop talking about interest rate cuts, i'm still on a fixed rate (4.6%) for another 2 years.

We'll come out of it just in time for the rates to go back up i expect >:(
5.7% fixed for another 2 1/2 years. Im going to look around and see if its worth paying the penalty and going elsewhere. I will give my mortgage lender the choice of lowering my rate first or im off. Its worth a try :)

Definitely worth looking at... I'm tempted but want to give it longer as the tracker multiples are higher at the moment so I wouldn't get such a good deal. We had some adverse credit history when taking out this mortgage and still got BoEBR +1.24... I doubt I'd better that at the moment :y :y
Our last fixed rate finished last April and we took this one out because rates were starting to rise so we've had it less than a year :(
Title: Re: Interest rates cut to 2%
Post by: HerefordElite on 05 December 2008, 13:25:20
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can we all please stop talking about interest rate cuts, i'm still on a fixed rate (4.6%) for another 2 years.

We'll come out of it just in time for the rates to go back up i expect >:(
5.7% fixed for another 2 1/2 years. Im going to look around and see if its worth paying the penalty and going elsewhere. I will give my mortgage lender the choice of lowering my rate first or im off. Its worth a try :)

Definitely worth looking at... I'm tempted but want to give it longer as the tracker multiples are higher at the moment so I wouldn't get such a good deal. We had some adverse credit history when taking out this mortgage and still got BoEBR +1.24... I doubt I'd better that at the moment :y :y
Our last fixed rate finished last April and we took this one out because rates were starting to rise so we've had it less than a year :(


which at the time was a prudent thing to do :-/

i would look at getting out of ours but the early redemption penalty is £5K :o :o :o
Title: Re: Interest rates cut to 2%
Post by: Lazydocker on 05 December 2008, 13:44:10
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can we all please stop talking about interest rate cuts, i'm still on a fixed rate (4.6%) for another 2 years.

We'll come out of it just in time for the rates to go back up i expect >:(
5.7% fixed for another 2 1/2 years. Im going to look around and see if its worth paying the penalty and going elsewhere. I will give my mortgage lender the choice of lowering my rate first or im off. Its worth a try :)

Definitely worth looking at... I'm tempted but want to give it longer as the tracker multiples are higher at the moment so I wouldn't get such a good deal. We had some adverse credit history when taking out this mortgage and still got BoEBR +1.24... I doubt I'd better that at the moment :y :y
Our last fixed rate finished last April and we took this one out because rates were starting to rise so we've had it less than a year :(

TBH 4.6% isn't a bad rate... I'd be surprised if you could better that with a new product at the moment  :-/ :-/