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Title: Northern rock dropping intrest rate again....
Post by: stuart30 on 27 January 2009, 00:32:18
Phoned Northern rock too pay this months mortgage and was told by a very nice lady that although they have just dropped there rate there dropping it again in February.

She said it wasn't common knowledge yet but letters will be out in the post soon... :y

Oh its for there standard variable rate.
Title: Re: Northern rock dropping intrest rate again....
Post by: Vamps on 27 January 2009, 00:36:44
Halifax have dropped mine again and seemingly some deal I have with them changes in February and I get another cut :y Currently the 'Credit Crunch' has saved me around £150 a month excluding petrol savings at about £80.00 between the two of us. :y :y :y
Title: Re: Northern rock dropping intrest rate again....
Post by: stuart30 on 27 January 2009, 00:39:21
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Halifax have dropped mine again and seemingly some deal I have with them changes in February and I get another cut :y Currently the 'Credit Crunch' has saved me around £150 a month excluding petrol savings at about £80.00 between the two of us. :y :y :y


Well my fixed rate repayment was £701 monthly....after the fixed deal ended would have jumped too £900 plus.

Went intrest only at £725 and as of today £547...March looking at £503...April sub £500.

So over all im bloody chuffed.... ;D
Title: Re: Northern rock dropping intrest rate again....
Post by: Vamps on 27 January 2009, 00:42:25
So is the rate coming down again then? :)
Title: Re: Northern rock dropping intrest rate again....
Post by: stuart30 on 27 January 2009, 00:45:49
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So is the rate coming down again then? :)

According too the bird on the phone yes....

Being a ""Together customer"" any rate change takes effect one month after the actual change.

Although i did hear about a rate drop of quarter of 1% which the banks refused too pass on...dear old northern rock don't have much say in the matter by the looks of it. ;D


Looks like come april it will be 5.08%.....ok thats not great but considering i was on 7.68% i believe thats a good difference.
http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Northern-Rock-cuts-variable-rate_12605.aspx




Title: Re: Northern rock dropping intrest rate again....
Post by: Lazydocker on 27 January 2009, 08:29:26
We've been lucky really... We're with Birmingham Midshires and on a Base Rate Tracker... So far, as of next months payment, we've saved about £265, with a further 0.5% cut to come into effect for the March Payment :y :y :y
Title: Re: Northern rock dropping intrest rate again....
Post by: Elite Pete on 27 January 2009, 13:45:31
If I wasn't on a fixed rate, I would take the opportunity to make hay while the sun shines and keep paying the same amount as before the interest rate cut ;)
Title: Re: Northern rock dropping intrest rate again....
Post by: Jay w on 27 January 2009, 17:47:17
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So is the rate coming down again then? :)

According too the bird on the phone yes....

Being a ""Together customer"" any rate change takes effect one month after the actual change.

Although i did hear about a rate drop of quarter of 1% which the banks refused too pass on...dear old northern rock don't have much say in the matter by the looks of it. ;D


Looks like come april it will be 5.08%.....ok thats not great but considering i was on 7.68% i believe thats a good difference.
http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Northern-Rock-cuts-variable-rate_12605.aspx





bloooody hell  :o :o

i'm with Bristol and west, they have dropped their rate every time the BOE have and i am now on 3.56% on their SVR

My payments are £315 a month and currently i am chucking nearly £800 at them a montn
Title: Re: Northern rock dropping intrest rate again....
Post by: Lazydocker on 27 January 2009, 17:50:58
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If I wasn't on a fixed rate, I would take the opportunity to make hay while the sun shines and keep paying the same amount as before the interest rate cut ;)

So would I if I wasn't in a penalty period and would, therefore, ge stung for overpayment! >:( >:( >:( First thing I checked when the rates first started dropping ::) ::) ::)
Don't worry though... After we've paid the few little bits we've got left to pay we'll be saving about the difference in mortgage payments for a nice little lump sum :y :y :y :y
Title: Re: Northern rock dropping intrest rate again....
Post by: Lazydocker on 27 January 2009, 17:51:51
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So is the rate coming down again then? :)

According too the bird on the phone yes....

Being a ""Together customer"" any rate change takes effect one month after the actual change.

Although i did hear about a rate drop of quarter of 1% which the banks refused too pass on...dear old northern rock don't have much say in the matter by the looks of it. ;D


Looks like come april it will be 5.08%.....ok thats not great but considering i was on 7.68% i believe thats a good difference.
http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Northern-Rock-cuts-variable-rate_12605.aspx





bloooody hell  :o :o

i'm with Bristol and west, they have dropped their rate every time the BOE have and i am now on 3.56% on their SVR

My payments are £315 a month and currently i am chucking nearly £800 at them a montn

You'll notice the difference when the next statement comes in then :y :y :y
Title: Re: Northern rock dropping intrest rate again....
Post by: stuart30 on 27 January 2009, 18:48:13
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So is the rate coming down again then? :)

According too the bird on the phone yes....

Being a ""Together customer"" any rate change takes effect one month after the actual change.

Although i did hear about a rate drop of quarter of 1% which the banks refused too pass on...dear old northern rock don't have much say in the matter by the looks of it. ;D


Looks like come april it will be 5.08%.....ok thats not great but considering i was on 7.68% i believe thats a good difference.
http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Northern-Rock-cuts-variable-rate_12605.aspx





bloooody hell  :o :o

i'm with Bristol and west, they have dropped their rate every time the BOE have and i am now on 3.56% on their SVR

My payments are £315 a month and currently i am chucking nearly £800 at them a montn


Well considering im stuck with Northern rock (reclaiming bank charges has royally screwed my credit worthiness)...and cant get a main stream lender too touch me so im chuffed,could have easily gone the other way.

Im assuming being on an interest only its pointless over paying...can over pay as much as i want,guess it might be worth going back on a repayment jobbie. :-/
Title: Re: Northern rock dropping intrest rate again....
Post by: Lazydocker on 27 January 2009, 18:59:02
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So is the rate coming down again then? :)

According too the bird on the phone yes....

Being a ""Together customer"" any rate change takes effect one month after the actual change.

Although i did hear about a rate drop of quarter of 1% which the banks refused too pass on...dear old northern rock don't have much say in the matter by the looks of it. ;D


Looks like come april it will be 5.08%.....ok thats not great but considering i was on 7.68% i believe thats a good difference.
http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Northern-Rock-cuts-variable-rate_12605.aspx





bloooody hell  :o :o

i'm with Bristol and west, they have dropped their rate every time the BOE have and i am now on 3.56% on their SVR

My payments are £315 a month and currently i am chucking nearly £800 at them a montn


Well considering im stuck with Northern rock (reclaiming bank charges has royally screwed my credit worthiness)...and cant get a main stream lender too touch me so im chuffed,could have easily gone the other way.

Im assuming being on an interest only its pointless over paying...can over pay as much as i want,guess it might be worth going back on a repayment jobbie. :-/

Check with them... I'd have thought you could overpay and reduce the loan :-? :-?
Title: Re: Northern rock dropping intrest rate again....
Post by: philhoward on 27 January 2009, 23:00:42
My fixed rate mortgage finished over 5 years ago (at 7.95%), but have kept paying the same amount as i did before...Currently paying 50% over the odds, so should see the years roll off soon I hope!  First 4 years of "overpayment" paid off the "indemnity charge" they slapped me with  >:(
Title: Re: Northern rock dropping intrest rate again....
Post by: Kevin Wood on 27 January 2009, 23:45:45
I paid a lump sum off my mortgage a couple of months before interest rates hit rock bottom and wish I hadn't. The money would have done much better in a fixed term bond. It doesn't save much to pay off debts when the interest is this low. Can always chuck it back at the mortgage when the rates go up again.

Kevin