Go offset - if you have the savings.(Your Money)

From: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland) | Date: October 4, 2003 | Copyright information

OFFSET mortgages have been heavily marketed as the solution to most borrowers' needs but you should steer clear of an offset mortgage if you don't have the savings to make it count says David Bitner of Bradford & Bingley's ...

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