My Wife and her sister have a joint mortgage on a property, that they would like to sell. There would be approximately €120K of a shortfall following the sale. BOI have agreed to the sale provided my wife and her sister both take out new separate mortgages with BOI so that the shortfall can be split 50/50 and added to these new mortgages.
We have applied for new mortgages however the rates/terms of the offered mortgages from BOI are not the best option available to us. My question is, are we tied to BOI, or can we take up a mortgage offer from another provider and transfer to shortfall to them if they agree, when we eventually sell the house, or do we have to take up the BOI offer at least until the sale is completed and shortfall added to mortgage and then switch?