marky No.1 wrote:On that subject the Banks are now selling insurance offering protection against your premiums increasing if and when the rates go up. As you say, people who have budgeted in todays prices may well find themselves shafted if inflationary elements kick in.
Might help us poor prudent savers though, who contributed not one bit to the present financial mess, but who are been shafted
Me and Doris took our first mortgage out in 1980. Rates were sky-high then, and we just had enough to live on.
But that helped teach us the value of money. And in them days you had to have been saving with your lender for at least 2 years, and have a decent deposit.
Another top tip from Peter.
When you get married, then you must have done it out of trust and love
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So don't hide your money from each other, put it all in joint names.
Let your missus look after the cash.
She'll soon enjoy elbowing her way to the bar, while you put your feet up
...and if you're skint and need to borrow money.
Borrow from a pessimist, they don't expect it back