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Remortgage & Bad Credit Remortgage as Interest Rates Climb

As British loan rates swell to 5.5%, they highest they’ve been in over six years, there has been a great deal of concern regarding the millions that own homes who may now find themselves over stretched and might be forced to remortgage to manage the pressures of their monthly payments.

The experts at Experian caution that increased debt Read the rest of this entry »

There hasn’t been a harder time than in the past few months for those looking for a first time buyer mortgage with rising house prices and the credit crunch has caused lenders to tighten their lending requirements and cancel and reduce the number of mortgages they offer. There is only currently only one 100% mortgage lender on the market making it hard for many to get the first steps on the property ladder.

Mortgage ra Read the rest of this entry »

Yesterdays announcement by the Bank of England delivered an unexpected statement that they were cutting their base rate by 1½% from 4.5% to 3%.  It has been done to kick start our stalling economy and to try and prevent a deepening recession. Everyone was expecting a ½%; but, we all hoped for a full 1% interest rate cut, so this announcement was a real surprise. This interest rate cut is the largest ever percentage cu Read the rest of this entry »

Let us deal with an issue, which sounds simple but eventually brings out Refinancing as a solution to many issues. Suppose you mortgaged your home for say any financial reason. Now you are in a position to pay off this mortgage. This will definitely give you a feeling of security feel and peace of mind. But it will be like having hidden money that is not providing any return. Generally, it depends on your personal situation whe Read the rest of this entry »

This article mentions a number of terms commonly used with this topic. Here are some definitions. Mortgage brokers function as a middle-man between a client and a mortgage lender. The broker will check out the mortgage marketplace to be able to find the most applicable offer for a client, this means the homeowner has access to more than a single lender. They will then advise on a suitable mortgage solution based on the customer Read the rest of this entry »

More and more people are jumping on the buy-to-let bandwagon.  With experienced landlords adding to their property portfolios, increasing demand from tenants and attractive buy-to-let mortgage rates, this might be a good time to consider this type of investment.

The fundamental requirement of a buy-to-let property is that it is capable of producing sufficient rental income to cover the mortgage payments and Read the rest of this entry »

After mortgage rates went up as a result of the credit crunch they are now starting to come down to the levels seen last year in August.

Homeowners who were struggling with such high rates will welcome the new rates. This show the banks aren’t being as strict as they were at the height of the credit crunch as they attempted to limit the risk and protect their profits.  However the base rate was 5.75% last August and Read the rest of this entry »

It’s a fact that many of us are confused when it comes to mortgages, you can choose to have fixed rate or variable or tracker, in some adverts on the TV they produce all manner of combinations of these and all it manages to do is confuse the general public who end up reacting to all the news about lending being reduced and panic buy a mortgage with no consideration of how good it is.

In recent years more peop Read the rest of this entry »

The number of homes changing hands fell to a record low in December despite an increase in the number of buyer enquiries having risen for the second month in a row according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). They also said that sales are at their lowest levels since records began in 1978. The only people who are buying properties at present are people with existing cash, equity in their properties a Read the rest of this entry »

Over the last 2 weeks there have been more and more lenders either increasing their mortgage rates or, even worse for consumers, withdrawing their most competitive mortgage deals altogether.

Some lenders have started to increase mortgage rates by over 0.5 per cent, the highest I’ve heard of last week was a 0.6 per cent interest rate increase. This is very bad news for homeowners and these lenders are some of th Read the rest of this entry »