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You can get a fixed 30 year mortgage in the UK. Most people choose not to. There's nothing intrinsicly different about mortgages in the UK compared to the US.
by killingtime74 2y ago
You can get a fixed 30 year mortgage in the UK. Most people choose not to. There's nothing intrinsicly different about mortgages in the UK compared to the US.
- ffgjgf1 2y agoWas there any point when you could get a 30 year fixed loan at 3% in the UK? It makes sense that some banks might be offering them now at 7% since they have little to lose but I don’t think low interest longterm fixed mortgages are really possible without significant government interference (like in the US).
- killingtime74 2y agoAll this is true. The US government does significantly subsidize home loans. However they do this for all lengths of mortgages, not just the long ones.
- rcxdude 2y agoAt that rate? lolno. When interest rates were low you would pay more than that for a 10 year fix. Now with high interest rates one bank is bragging about having the longest fixed rate mortgage at 15 years. The US government strongly incentivizes long-term low-rate mortgages in a way the UK government does not.
- killingtime74 2y agoYou guys are moving the goal posts. He said you can't do it, now you say it's not as cheap. That's with hindsight of where the interest rates went. If they had gone up it would have been a good deal.
- rcxdude 2y agoThe cost is the whole point. Any 30-year mortgage that might be on offer in the UK (turns out, actually none at all available to the average homebuyer) would be a far worse deal, even given the interest rate changes we've seen.