Sell a house and carry tracker or take out new mortgage?

Amand

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Submitting planning application today to build a house on an acre, being gifted by parents. We currently have two tracker mortgages with BOI:
Mortgages: Rate Pay/month Remaining balance
Our home: 1.25% €731.31 €188K Rent capability: €850/month
Our rental: 1.1% €640.29 €124K Currently getting €720/month, inc to
€850 in Oct 2017

Current value of both houses about €125K.

Age: 40 Age of spouse: 38

Annual gross income: €60k for 5 days though currently taking a day parental leave a week
Type of employment: Public sector

Annual gross income of spouse
: 80,000 +5k bonus
Type of employment spouse: Private sector

Current borrowings:
Car loan from credit union: 6.9% Remaining: €12,500

No credit card

Savings and investments:

Savings: €80k, and projected €92k by December

Do you have a pension scheme: Yes, €164 paid in every two weeks from my salary to public pension
Spouse: Moved job 4 months ago, has pension from previous job and can start new one when made permanent in 2 months time

Ages of children: 7, 4 and 2 years

Life assurance: Both have

Question:
New house will cost about €340k to build from start to finish including transfer costs, professional fees etc
Should we sell a house and carry the tracker to a new mortgage or take out a third mortgage?
 
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