darranstore
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About 16 months ago i was as i realise now "fooled" into taking out a sub prime mortgage. I went through a mortage broker at the time and after getting morgage approval from 2 prime banks i found when i sale agreed on a property suddenly those offers were not there anymore. this was blamed on a predicded slow down in the market and me being self employed so i was told. Stupidly i took up the ofer of this new mortgage that was brought to the table from g.e that i was told i would have no problem moving from once i made 6 months payments and i could take it too a regular lender. At the time i was so convinced i was doing the right thing finally getting onto teh property ladder i snapped the mortgage brokers hand off agreed to an unafortable monthly payment and crazy high interest rate.
The market was only to get worse in 6 months and it came and went and i couldnt get anyone to take it, 12 months came and went and still no luck, now at 16 months, 7 interest hikes and a now rate of 8.2% im still having no luck. I have brought this issue up with my lender on numerous occasions and they seem unwilling to come to and arrangment, they even told me over the phone the other day that the were in fact not a bank ???? and thats why the rates were not dropping like with other "banks". My mortage of 298,000 now has repayments of 2117 every month and i just cant do it any more. They have agreed to give me a 30 % reduction on my mortgage for 3 months only and this would result according to them in 3 missed payments going onto the icb which will distroy the chances of me ever moving it, it seems im trapped with them and the only way to proceed is default and distroy my credit rathing. I am self employed in a business which has noose dived in the current climate and have no idea what to do..... I am against the wall on this one and any suggestion would be greatly received...
I have investegated all ovious obtions with no luck....
The market was only to get worse in 6 months and it came and went and i couldnt get anyone to take it, 12 months came and went and still no luck, now at 16 months, 7 interest hikes and a now rate of 8.2% im still having no luck. I have brought this issue up with my lender on numerous occasions and they seem unwilling to come to and arrangment, they even told me over the phone the other day that the were in fact not a bank ???? and thats why the rates were not dropping like with other "banks". My mortage of 298,000 now has repayments of 2117 every month and i just cant do it any more. They have agreed to give me a 30 % reduction on my mortgage for 3 months only and this would result according to them in 3 missed payments going onto the icb which will distroy the chances of me ever moving it, it seems im trapped with them and the only way to proceed is default and distroy my credit rathing. I am self employed in a business which has noose dived in the current climate and have no idea what to do..... I am against the wall on this one and any suggestion would be greatly received...
I have investegated all ovious obtions with no luck....