The Council of Mortgages Lenders has reported that remortgaging has sky-rocketed in the last three months, accounting for 37% of total mortgage lending. This comes as an attempt from homeowners to quickly cash-in on the best deals before the rise in interest rates threatens their financial security and ability to pay back their mortgage.
How many people are remortgaging their properties?
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Homeowners Not Taking Life Insurance Increases By: David Yates | - It has been revealed by a recent survey that half of borrowers in the UK would be unable to pay off their mortgage if their partner died, despite the availability of cheaper life insurance. It has been identified that nearly two-thirds of homeowners with mortgages have no life insurance, and those that do still fail to cover the complete cost of their home loan.
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A new report suggests that variable rates continued to dominate the UK's mortgage market throughout March.
According to the latest John Charcol Mortgage Index, 84 per cent of borrowers took out variable rate mortgages in March - the highest figure since October 2008. The index also revealed that just seven percent of home credit options taken out during the month w ... Tags:credit cards, savings accounts, mortgages
UK landlords are losing 3.7 billion annually through void periods and spend an average of 1,444 or half of their net profit finding tenants.
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Tens of thousands of sales could fall through when the tax reverts from a concessionary 175,000 to its old level of 125,000 on January 01, it is claimed.
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Nationwide And Woolwich Pile On The Pain For Borrowers By: Christian Ward | - Borrowers have been dealt another blow as mortgage giants Nationwide and Woolwich raise rates and the cost of two-year fixed rate mortgages hits a ten-year high.
Research by financial information specialist Moneyfacts.co.uk has shown the cost of an average two-year fixed rate - the most popular mortgage - has hit 6.75%.
Nationwide Building Society announced today that it has hiked its mortgage rates for the second time in a fortnight with its two-year fixed ra ... Tags:Credit, Mortgage, Borrowers
Northern Rock Need To Rescue Customers By: Jemma | - There have been many calls for Northern Rock to offer some kind of rescue package to borrowers who took out the companys Together loan, a 100% plus mortgage. John McFall, chairman of the Treasury Select Committee is the latest in a long line of supporters for the rescue plan.
The Together range of loans offered by Northern Rock were made up of a home loan of 95% of the propertys value, and an additional unsecured loan of up to 30%, to a maximum of 30%.
Debt And Fraud Cause Repossessions To Soars By: Jemma | - House repossessions have soared from the beginning of 2008, people who are hit hardest by these repossessions are borrowers who have borrowed more than they can afford against their property. Other causes that have emerged are fraudulent activity by property developers.
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These market changes hadnt been seen for almost a generation with the credit crunch leading the UKs banks and building societies to charge higher interest rates on the money they lend out and withdrawing thousands of their mortgage deals.
In a study conducted by Abbey, an estimated 5.1 million, or one in three, homeowners claim that if they had to remortgage their property immediately then they would choose to fix the rate of interest payable for a period of five years or more. According to the findings, some 2.5 million people would opt to keep mortgage payments consistent for five years, while 1.1 million look for a ten-year deal. Meanwh ... Tags:britons, looking, for, financial, stability, fixed, rate, mortgage, loans, secured, personal, loan, finance
Bank Of England Maintains Base Rate By: Abbi Rouse | - The Bank of England's monetary policy committee (MPC) has voted to keep interest rates consistent for this month, it has emerged.
As a result of the move, the base rate of interest attached to secured loans and other types of credit will remain at 5.75 per cent, a rate which has remained unchanged since July. Consequently such a move could be welcomed by homeowners and other Britons, as no increase to the figure means that their level of repayments on borrowing will not rise any f ... Tags:base, rate, maintained, bank, of, england, loans, finace, credit, secured, personal
Consumers 'not Spending On Major Purchases' By: Steve Smith | - Consumers could be using cheap loans to consolidate their existing debts rather than to fund big purchases, based on the findings of research carried out by GfK NOP on behalf of the European commission.
According to the market research company, its consumer confidence survey of 2,000 individuals aged 16 and above revealed that the climate for major purchases lessened in the month of October, based on the latest index score.
Variable Mortgages Offer 'better Value' By: Mark Dawson | - Consumers looking to take out a competitively-priced mortgage product should act quickly, it has been advised.
The news comes after research conducted by John Charcol indicates that all of the variable rate deals with interest of at least half a percentage point below the Bank of England's base rate were withdrawn over the course of last week. Meanwhile, the majority of fixed-rate products on a two-year contract are said to be staying level around the 6.3 per cent mark, some 0.55 ... Tags:Variable, rate, mortgages, better, value
Checking Credit History 'could Reduce Loan Costs' By: Abbi Rouse | - Those looking to take out a personal loan should get their credit history checked out more than once, a new report has advised.
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According to figures by Yorkshire Bank, some four million homeowners could collectively save up to 29 billion pounds in interest and income tax by switching their mortgage, savings and currents accounts to an offset product. With an average potential saving of more than 11,000, pounds making the switch could see households save some 11,000 pounds - a figure which could help many consumers pay ... Tags:secured, loans, homeowner, mortgage, offset, tracker
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Are Rates Set For A Hike? By: Tml-mortgages | - Interest rates will rise by the end of 2006, economists are predicting.
Leading economists are speculating that that the Bank of England will announce a one quarter point rise in the basic cost of borrowing, of interest to those seeking a mortgage or loan, before the end of the year.
While the monetary policy committee (MPC) voted recently to hold interest rates for the 11th consecutive month, many economists are claiming that economic pressures, notably rising infl ... Tags:tml, mortgages, loans, interest rates, tracker mortgage
