Is this a daft idea?
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Is this a daft idea?
We were lucky enough to sell our UK home in Jan but have left money there for obvious reasons. Is it mad to think of buying with a 25 year mortgage here (bearing in mind I am 45 and OH 55) and then when the conversion rate is better, get the money over and pay off the bulk of the mortgage?
Before the conversion rate got so bad, our plan was to use some of the UK money to buy here and get a smaller mortgage over 10 years.
I think it sounds reasonable but is it too much of a gamble?
Before the conversion rate got so bad, our plan was to use some of the UK money to buy here and get a smaller mortgage over 10 years.
I think it sounds reasonable but is it too much of a gamble?
#2
Re: Is this a daft idea?
I think it seems reasonable, albeit it would present an element of ongoing uncertainty in your life whilst you monitor exchange rates over what could be a long period of time. Could you live with the uncertainty and also not be tempted to dip into the savings?
The end equation though probably needs to take into your views of UK interest rates on the money V mortgage rate or Aus savings rates as well as the exchange rate movements.
The end equation though probably needs to take into your views of UK interest rates on the money V mortgage rate or Aus savings rates as well as the exchange rate movements.
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Re: Is this a daft idea?
We were lucky enough to sell our UK home in Jan but have left money there for obvious reasons. Is it mad to think of buying with a 25 year mortgage here (bearing in mind I am 45 and OH 55) and then when the conversion rate is better, get the money over and pay off the bulk of the mortgage?
Before the conversion rate got so bad, our plan was to use some of the UK money to buy here and get a smaller mortgage over 10 years.
I think it sounds reasonable but is it too much of a gamble?
Before the conversion rate got so bad, our plan was to use some of the UK money to buy here and get a smaller mortgage over 10 years.
I think it sounds reasonable but is it too much of a gamble?
#4
Re: Is this a daft idea?
We were lucky enough to sell our UK home in Jan but have left money there for obvious reasons. Is it mad to think of buying with a 25 year mortgage here (bearing in mind I am 45 and OH 55) and then when the conversion rate is better, get the money over and pay off the bulk of the mortgage?
Before the conversion rate got so bad, our plan was to use some of the UK money to buy here and get a smaller mortgage over 10 years.
I think it sounds reasonable but is it too much of a gamble?
Before the conversion rate got so bad, our plan was to use some of the UK money to buy here and get a smaller mortgage over 10 years.
I think it sounds reasonable but is it too much of a gamble?
Lets assume you have £100,000. Thats about $200,000.
On a mortgage, that equates to $17,540 worth of interest a year at current interest rates. That would require the xrate to go up to at least 2.18 in the next year for you to remain equal. Over 2 years, it would need to go up to 2.35.
Do you think that is likely to happen?
#5
Re: Is this a daft idea?
It depends on how much you have to transfer and what you think will happen to xrates in the future.
Lets assume you have £100,000. Thats about $200,000.
On a mortgage, that equates to $17,540 worth of interest a year at current interest rates. That would require the xrate to go up to at least 2.18 in the next year for you to remain equal. Over 2 years, it would need to go up to 2.35.
Do you think that is likely to happen?
Lets assume you have £100,000. Thats about $200,000.
On a mortgage, that equates to $17,540 worth of interest a year at current interest rates. That would require the xrate to go up to at least 2.18 in the next year for you to remain equal. Over 2 years, it would need to go up to 2.35.
Do you think that is likely to happen?
#6
Re: Is this a daft idea?
I have heard however of at least one member gaining an ato ruling whereby he was granted excemption due to it being of a 'personal nature'.
I would suggest seeking tax advice / rulings.
#8
Re: Is this a daft idea?
We were lucky enough to sell our UK home in Jan but have left money there for obvious reasons. Is it mad to think of buying with a 25 year mortgage here (bearing in mind I am 45 and OH 55) and then when the conversion rate is better, get the money over and pay off the bulk of the mortgage?
Before the conversion rate got so bad, our plan was to use some of the UK money to buy here and get a smaller mortgage over 10 years.
I think it sounds reasonable but is it too much of a gamble?
Before the conversion rate got so bad, our plan was to use some of the UK money to buy here and get a smaller mortgage over 10 years.
I think it sounds reasonable but is it too much of a gamble?
#9
Re: Is this a daft idea?
Another point to consider is that interest rates are about twice as high in Aus as the UK so you would earn a hell of a lot more here at the moment.