The CBI The Bank of England base rate remains at 0.5% for the third consecutive month there are warnings recommending that higher fixed rate mortgage deals are on the horizon. Borrowers are reluctant to remortgage now due to the low interest rates they have with their current mortgage deals. This benefits borrowers on tracker...
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During the 1993 housing recession it was estimated that one and a half million homeowners had negative equity. The Council of Mortgage Lenders has announced that approximately 900,000 homeowners currently have some degree of negative equity. They believe around 600,000 of these homeowners have seen modest shortfalls of around 10%. When compared with the...
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A few weeks ago I was talking with another client who had a tracker rate mortgage with the Cheltenham & Gloucester. She told me that her tracker mortgage which I had arranged for her on a 1.01% below the base rate had reduced her monthly payments down to 25pence a month on a fairly...
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Buying a Schnoodle I was talking with some clients last night and they happened to mention how they had more money at the end of each month since the interest rate had dropped from 5% to ½ %. As a money saving expert I wanted to know what they were doing with their new...
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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...
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The Bank of England decision today to drop interest rates to 1½ % is the lowest interest rate in the Banks 314 year history, since it was established in 1694. The Banks of England’s reason for another drop in the base rate is their concern about inflation, the costs of imports as sterling is...
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