Currently have a 190k mortgage with EBS on SVR 3.7% - in negative equity so that rules out a switcher mortgage for me :-( (house value currently 160k)
Any advice on the new EBS 3 year 3.15 and 5 year 3.25 fixed rates - should I consider switching to of these or is there hope that the SVR will drop below 3% in the next 3-5 years?
I would argue that there is no valid reason for any customer to be on EBS SVR.
In your case, if you fix now for 3 years at 3.15%, you'd still be better off than staying on SVR even if the rate dropped to 3% at the end of 1 year. The SVR would need to drop below 2.9% in 12 months before you'd be losing out.
That coupled with how break fees are calculated, and even if the SVR drops you should be able to break at low / zero break fee.
AIB told me last week they will consider all cases, you can switch at any stage. You don't need to wait 12 months. Other banks may not be this flexible though.