Remortgaging basics

Lending up 10 per cent

Gross mortgage lending declined to an estimated £10.5 billion in January. Lending fell by 14 per cent from £12.2 billion in December but was 10 per cent higher than the total of £9.5 billion in January 2011, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders. Although a seasonal decline is expected, January was the sixth month [...]

Co-op launches new lifetime tracker mortgages

The Co-operative Bank is launching a new range of lifetime tracker mortgages in addition to reducing rates across its wider mortgage range. 
The new lifetime tracker mortgages are available at 75 per cent and 85 per cent LTV with rates from 2.79 per cent. In another step to encourage movement in the housing market, the [...]

Barclays launches new mortgage products

Barclays has refreshed its mortgage range. Highlights include a cut of 0.11 percentage points on the two year fixed rate at 80 per cent LTV, from 3.59 per cent to 3.48 per cent and the launch of a new product, combining a tracker and fixed rate. Barclays ‘Future Fix’ is a new mortgage product combining [...]

N&P withdraws 10-year fix

Norwich and Peterborough Building Society (N&P) has withdrawn its 10-year fixed rate deal, following what it describes as ‘unprecedented demand’. Customer interest in longer-term fixed mortgages led the Society to anticipate high levels of demand for the 3.99 per cent best buy rate but in order to maintain customer service levels the product will no [...]

More Britons expect house prices to rise than fall in 2012

Nearly a third of Britons think that house prices will rise rather than fall in 2012, according to the latest Halifax Housing Market Confidence tracker. 29 per cent of Britons forecast that house prices across the UK will increase over the next 12 months, more than the 22 per cent that predict a price decline [...]
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Remortgaging news

Lending up 10 per cent

Gross mortgage lending declined to an estimated £10.5 billion in January. Lending fell by 14 per cent from £12.2 billion in December but was 10 per cent higher than the total of £9.5 billion in January 2011, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders. Although a seasonal decline is expected, January was the sixth month [...]

Co-op launches new lifetime tracker mortgages

The Co-operative Bank is launching a new range of lifetime tracker mortgages in addition to reducing rates across its wider mortgage range. 
The new lifetime tracker mortgages are available at 75 per cent and 85 per cent LTV with rates from 2.79 per cent. In another step to encourage movement in the housing market, the [...]

Barclays launches new mortgage products

Barclays has refreshed its mortgage range. Highlights include a cut of 0.11 percentage points on the two year fixed rate at 80 per cent LTV, from 3.59 per cent to 3.48 per cent and the launch of a new product, combining a tracker and fixed rate. Barclays ‘Future Fix’ is a new mortgage product combining [...]

N&P withdraws 10-year fix

Norwich and Peterborough Building Society (N&P) has withdrawn its 10-year fixed rate deal, following what it describes as ‘unprecedented demand’. Customer interest in longer-term fixed mortgages led the Society to anticipate high levels of demand for the 3.99 per cent best buy rate but in order to maintain customer service levels the product will no [...]

More Britons expect house prices to rise than fall in 2012

Nearly a third of Britons think that house prices will rise rather than fall in 2012, according to the latest Halifax Housing Market Confidence tracker. 29 per cent of Britons forecast that house prices across the UK will increase over the next 12 months, more than the 22 per cent that predict a price decline [...]

Remortgaging in depth

Need to move? Extending might be an added value option

Some borrowers are saying that they are finding it difficult to move home. Perhaps it’s because you are worried about stagnant house prices, maybe the cost of upsizing is just too expensive in these difficult economic times or it could be simply because you can’t find the right property or don’t want the hassle.  Either [...]

How will a Bank of England base rate rise affect borrowers wanting to remortgage?

Although the Bank of England base rate has been at a record low of 0.5% since April 2009, mortgage customers still need to prepare for a potential rise. Even the expectation of a base rate rise is enough to affect the price of mortgages.  Earlier this year, some said that we would see a base [...]

How could you protect yourself from increases in your monthly mortgage payments?

Sponsored Article The Bank of England base rate has been at the historic low of just 0.5% for almost two years but some economists are predicting that we will begin to see rates increase during 2011, perhaps several times. For some mortgage customers this is cause for concern and across the industry we are already [...]

Need to remortgage but can’t?

Are you stuck on your lender’s standard variable rate (SVR) and can’t remortgage? Are you about to come to the end of your special deal and can’t get another one?

Remortgage crazy

You don’t have to move house just to get a better mortgage. Jo Holmes explains how you can remortgage and why the UK is poised to go remortgage crazy.

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