{"id":8762,"date":"2014-08-07T15:03:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T08:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/should-we-use-savings-to-pay-off-part-of-our-help-to-buy-loan\/"},"modified":"2016-03-22T12:07:59","modified_gmt":"2016-03-22T05:07:59","slug":"should-we-use-savings-to-pay-off-part-of-our-help-to-buy-loan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/should-we-use-savings-to-pay-off-part-of-our-help-to-buy-loan\/","title":{"rendered":"Should we use savings to pay off part of our Help to Buy loan?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nA reader wonders whether to use savings on Help to Buy, or to reduce her main mortgage \u2013 or to wait to remortgageQ My husband and I purchased a new-build house for \u00a3300,000 in January 2014, with a \u00a340,000 deposit, \u00a360,000 Help to Buy equity loan and a \u00a3200,000 mortgage with a two-year fixed rate.\u00a0Since then, we have been lucky enough to accrue somewhere close to \u00a320,000 in savings. This is partly due to an inheritance and partly due to us putting lots away from our monthly salaries. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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