Mortgage break fees

Updated: 30 Jan 2009
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Introduction

Are banks gouging consumers with early-repayment charges on mortgages? We investigate.

Mortgage rates have been rapidly heading south since mid-2008. So homeowners locked into fixed-rate mortgages paying 9% or more are feeling hard done by. But getting out of a fixed-rate mortgage early can be expensive - and we're getting plenty of complaints that banks are being greedy. It's time to kill a few myths.

New - use our break fee calculator to see what your bank might charge you or find out what you might gain if you break your fixed-rate mortgage.