Keep mortgage or cash?

Keep mortgage or cash?

14:08 PM, 8th August 2022, About 2 years ago 17

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Hi everyone, I have a £100k cash fund in the bank and it is losing 10% ( ?) pa due to inflation. I also have a Buy to Let interest only mortgage in my personal name on a single-let apartment costing 4% on Sonia standard variable rate term and rising.

This mortgage is due for redemption in 2 years.

Should I use the cash in the bank held fund to pay off the mortgage and keep the property or keep a contingency fund in place?

Any thoughts would be appreciated.
regards
Ken


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12:16 PM, 10th August 2022, About 2 years ago

Reply to the comment left by Elaine Landlord at 09/08/2022 - 06:03
I agree that risk can bring great rewards but it can also result in losses so best not to gamble with more than you can afford to lose.

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13:34 PM, 10th August 2022, About 2 years ago

intresting discussion, slightly swtiching the subject.
we all own a or few properties or two. is anyone using a software which is tried n tested. im old school and out grown excel spreadsheets, so im gonna need something user friendly that not only keeps an eye on rental income but also on outgoing costs on each property giving a profit n loss bottom line. in the last year its been difficult keeping Tally on spending per property. epc, rental insurance, electrical certs, gas certs, building insurance, ground rents just to mention a few outgoing costs.
as you maybe aware tenants are not moving as frequently in last two years, ware n tear is up so are labour costs ££.
i slipped up on one particular property. The fixed rate had expiered which reverted on heavy standard variable rate. Do the property softwares allow you to enter BTL mortgage information. which will track the fixed rate and alert when expirie date looms too.
im into double figures with my portfolio, will require a software that can mutitask many aspects.
there are so many property sofwares on the internet apart from confusing they seem more for estate agents not for private landlords ?

can anyone suggest what might be suitable.
thank you

Neilt

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13:50 PM, 10th August 2022, About 2 years ago

Reply to the comment left by kash mohammed at 10/08/2022 - 13:34
Yes, I too would like the answer to that question. It may be that we need to start a new Readers Question.
Nevertheless, I have used Quicken 2002 for 20 years and it's been great, and still is, but it only works on a separate Windows XP machine and isn't MTD compatible.
At the moment nothing on the market seems to compare and by April 2024 we will all have to get Inland Revenue compatible software when the new MTD for Income Tax Self Assessment comes into effect.
I would love to hear of anyone else that is using a LL friendly software.

Laura Delow

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7:53 AM, 13th August 2022, About 2 years ago

Your question needs exploring further before anyone can give advice re your needs, circumstances & objectives, but assuming you don't/won't need the £100K over the next few years & subject to your loan to value, rental income, personal tax rate, property EPC rating & property type, you could fix in today at around 3.2% on a 5year fix & 3% on a 2yr fix (lower rate of circa 2.7% if prepared to pay higher arrangement fees). You may not even need to move lenders if your current lender offers decent products to transfer to. However, the other school of thought is to pay off the £100K & save the £4Kpa in interest you otherwise would pay on your current 4% variable (or save/use it towards for example EPC improvements if needed), and if & when rates reduce again, if you need the money, remortgage/capital raise at that point.

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10:13 AM, 13th August 2022, About 2 years ago

I use Property Manager, or PM3s which you can find on the Propertyhawk website. It is an online bit of software, but free to use. Slightly clunky but it works well for me. No hidden catches or fees, but I do wonder how long it will be supported for. I've been using it for 10 years. It provides your figures you need to give to HMRC, and if you want it can give you reports for each property and tenancy. There may be better tools out there, but as this is free . . . . .

JaSam

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19:42 PM, 13th August 2022, About 2 years ago

Reply to the comment left by kash mohammed at 10/08/2022 - 13:34
I use Landlord Vision and can't fault it brilliant in everyway. You can use my referral link below...

https://www.landlordvision.co.uk/register.html?plan=premium&tenancies=1&referral=b0e0ad276f5fa679d011

Simon Lever - Chartered Accountant helping clients get the best returns from their properties

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13:24 PM, 1st September 2022, About 2 years ago

Reply to the comment left by kash mohammed at 10/08/2022 - 13:34
As a firm of Chartered Accountants we are recommending Hammock software. http://www.usehammock.com
We find it excellent for our clients and it is MTD compliant - or at least it will be by March 2024!
It links directly to your bank account and you can automate the bookkeeping process.
As accountants we get a discount on the published price which we pass onto our clients in our annual services proposals.

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