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On of the best things about offset mortgages is their ability to allow you to not only save in the present, but also save for any future spending.

The new financial landscape means a lot more people have woken up to the fact that the days of ’spend now, pay later’ have gone. Where once just putting something on a credit card or taking out a loan was acceptable, now it is just not viable.

So play the long game if you have expensive pay outs on the horizon. Maybe you want that holiday of a lifetime, maybe you think a new car might be needed in the coming years. You might have children looking towards university, or even looking to get their feet on the first rung of the housing ladder. You may want to pay for an expensive wedding, or fund a future business enterprise. And for all these things there is offset.

Because offset allows you to spend money, just as it allows you to save. Any money accrued alongside your mortgage can be got at as and when you need it. So save now and buy later. Of course, it will affect the rate you pay on your mortgage – the more you take out, the more expensive the rate – but in life sometimes you need to assess what is important, when you should save and when you should spend.

But to make a success of your offset plans, you need to get some professional advice. Talk to a mortgage adviser about how your long term plans fit with an offset mortgage. Look at how much you can save, how much you need to save and how much it will cost you to fund your ideas and plans. It’s a tricky task, but no one knows offset loans quite like a mortgage professional.

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