BUYING A HOME? HERE'S HOW TO PROTECT YOUR MORTGAGE - WHAT MORTGAGE? Preparing your finances for buying a home starts with getting to grips with your budget – but there’s another important step to factor in which may not be so obvious. Darren Polson explains why protection for your [...]
WHAT TO DO IF YOU NEED TO REMORTGAGE - WHICH? Homeowners face heftier mortgage costs as rates remain high. High mortgage rates are proving a shock to hundreds of thousands of homeowners looking to remortgage in 2023. In the first three months of this year, 353,000 fixed-rate mortgages came [...]
LEEDS BUILDING SOCIETY LAUNCHES 5% DEPOSIT MORTGAGE WITH CASHBACK DEAL - YOUR MONEY Leeds Building Society has broadened its range by releasing three two-year fixed rate deals, with some available up to 95% loan to value (LTV). The deals are available from 14 April. This includes a two-year fixed [...]
WHAT ARE THE CURRENT MORTGAGE RATES? - RIGHTMOVE If you’re thinking about buying a home, you might be wondering what the current mortgage rates are in the UK. Lenders change the rates of their mortgage products regularly. That’s why we update the average mortgage rates weekly and compare how [...]
MORTGAGE SUPPORT: RULE CHANGE MEANS THOUSANDS MORE NOW QUALIFY FOR HELP - WHICH? Government extends mortgage support for an extra 200,000 benefit claimants. Increased mortgage support has been introduced for 200,000 extra benefit claimants following what's been called a 'common sense' move by the government. The Department for Work [...]
A WIDER SELECTION OF SUB-4% MORTGAGES HITTING THE MARKET - YOUR MONEY Confidence in the market has resulted in lenders reducing more mortgage rates and introducing a wider selection of sub-four per cent deals. According to Rightmove, lenders’ confidence in the economy and the trajectory of the Bank of [...]
CAN'T PAY YOUR MORTGAGE? HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN DO - TIMES MONEY MENTOR According to the latest UK figures, more than 75,000 people were in mortgage arrears in the last three months. Awful April is here and on top of hikes to broadband bills and council tax, you may [...]
WHAT ARE THE CURRENT UK MORTGAGE RATES? - RIGHTMOVE If you’re thinking about buying a home, you might be wondering what the current mortgage rates are in the UK. Lenders change the rates of their mortgage products regularly. That’s why we update the average mortgage rates weekly and compare [...]
MORTGAGE RATES HEADING DOWN WITH MORE CUTS ON THE WAY - YOUR MONEY Rising confidence among lenders and a priced in March base rate rise could lead to further mortgage rate falls in the coming days, a property analyst suggests. Rightmove’s mortgage expert, Matt Smith, said: “Mortgage lenders had [...]
MORTGAGE RATES: PRICE GAP BETWEEN FIXED-RATE AND SVR MORTGAGES REACHES RECORD HIGH - WHICH? Find out how standard variable rates compare among some of the biggest UK mortgage providers. The average rate for a standard variable rate (SVR) mortgage has surpassed 7% for the first time since 2008 - [...]
