Market leading tracker rate mortgage is finally released
Mortgage lenders do actually want to offer borrowers the best mortgage deal or the best remortgage deal but they are restricted by the lack of money in the system at present. The banks immediate instinct is survival at the moment and their need to protect their capital base by not lending money or only lending where the risk is reduced. This is one of the reasons why we have not seen many new interest rates lately. Most of the new rates around are coming from the banks that the government is a major shareholder in like the Royal Bank of Scotland and the Lloyds TSB Banking Group or in the case of the Northern Rock or the Bradford and Bingley total ownership.
Finally a market leading tracker rate mortgage has been released by Alliance & Leicester who are now owned by the Santander Bank of Spain. They have just released a two year tracker rate mortgage deal which is 2.29% above the Bank of England base rate. The interest rate payable today is 2.79%. At the end of the two year deal the mortgage would revert to the banks standard variable interest rate which is currently 4.99%.
This mortgage is only available for mortgage borrowers looking for a 60% loan-to-value mortgage based on a valuation. The minimum mortgage accepted is £50,000 and the maximum loan is £999,999. The maximum loan-to-value on this product is 60% which will limit this mortgage products appeal to the vast majority of mortgage borrowers. This product and other products with a low loan-to-value will not help the mortgage industry which really needs more 90% to 95% mortgage products for the first-time buyers or people looking to remortgage.
They are also offering a free valuation and or a mortgage transfer service (free legal fees) or you may choose to take a £200 cashback for remortgages. There is an arrangement fee of 2% of the original loan. The arrangement fee of 2% becomes very expensive if you are borrowing above £100,000. Should you repay your new tracker rate mortgage within the first two years then you will pay a Redemption or Penalty fee of 3% of the amount repaid in first two years if mortgage is repaid in full. This is a market leading mortgage and will provide a borrower with low monthly payments for at least the first year.
Amazingly this tracker rate mortgage deal offered by A&L is a flexible mortgage which allows the borrower to overpay their mortgage, underpay the mortgage, borrow back money and they can choose to take a payment holiday break if required . The amount of flexibility depends on the amount of overpayments you have made. The interest is calculated on a monthly basis. This tracker rate mortgage is fully portable which allows the borrower to move home to another property without any penalties. The income multiples required to secure this mortgage are based on Alliance & Leicester’s affordability calculator.
Overall this mortgage product is competitive and it very flexible, the arrangement fee is high for anyone looking for a mortgage over £100,000. Don’t expect a quick mortgage as lenders are not in a hurry to complete quickly and some lenders are only accepting mortgage applications on a monthly quota basis. Other competitive tracker rate mortgages are available from Scottish Widows tracker rate mortgage at 2.69%t above the base rate, with an arrangement fee of £999. The Nationwide Building Society is offering a three year tracker rate mortgage at 2.78% above the base rate. Both these lenders are offering respectable rates. But don’t forget to consider a fixed rate mortgage deal. I believe that when interest rates are at the lowest levels ever seen you should consider the lowest fixed rate mortgage and then fix it for the longest period you feel comfortable with.
You should use the services of a Mortgage Adviser, preferably an adviser that uses the whole of the mortgage market to source you the best mortgage deal available for your personal circumstance. With the current finance turmoil in the banking industry a Mortgage Adviser will have up todate information and access to the latest mortgage deals available. Your thoughts, experiences and comments are welcome. You can join the discussion below and leave your thoughts and experiences.
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Wow, interesting article. I haven’t got a mortgage but am thinking about it in the next year or so. It’s great to have a resource like this, thanks.
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I think I will try to recommend this post to my friends and family, cuz it’s really helpful.
Nice post. I’ll soon have to apply for a mortgage and found it very informative. Definitely forwarding it to a few of my friends that need some advice about that too. Keep it up. Cheers!
Well, you re right. Mortgage advisors know a lot more on the topic. It is so common to find someone browsing the whole web to try to find info about anything, without having the right info in the end annd/or not sure about the trustworthyness of the websites visited. In this case, a mortgage advisor would be the best person for advice. Good luck.
Its a shame really – the UK now has built up such a large stake in these banks, but we’re not allowed to manage them and hence force them to lend
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