A 5.5x multiple will make you get out of bed in the morning.
A friend of mine in 2012 was acting like the sky was falling in and fixed his mortgage at 4pc for ten years. I told him not to do it.
I was feeling uncharitable once and
worked out he could have replaced both his bathroom and kitchen (which were both absolute shyte) with the amount of extra interest he ended up paying. As it is he fixed unnecessarily high for an unnecessarily long period and it cost him tens of thousands.
I take your point but paying 2.5x more interest than he had to on the amount he borrowed over a decade was not, imo, a cheap, wise or indeed necessary purchase. Still, you pay your money and take your choice.
A 5.5x multiple will make you get out of bed in the morning.
A friend of mine in 2012 was acting like the sky was falling in and fixed his mortgage at 4pc for ten years. I told him not to do it.
I was feeling uncharitable once and
worked out he could have replaced both his bathroom and kitchen (which were both absolute shyte) with the amount of extra interest he ended up paying. As it is he fixed unnecessarily high for an unnecessarily long period and it cost him tens of thousands.