Mortgage prisoners may finally be able to switch to a better deal after the City watchdog relaxes its rules By Sarah Davidson For Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 16:06 BST, 28 October 2019 | Updated: 16:06 BST, 28 October 2019 Mortgage prisoners locked into expensive rates have been offered a potential lifeline after the financial watchdog relaxed its … Read more
Average mortgage rates dropped to the lowest level on record as the property market officially reopened for business this week, but banks have not cut costs by as much as the Bank of England rate cut. Finance experts at Moneyfacts say the average two-year fixed rate is now at a record low of just 2.09 … Read more
Tony Hetherington is Financial Mail on Sunday’s ace investigator, fighting readers corners, revealing the truth that lies behind closed doors and winning victories for those who have been left out-of-pocket. Find out how to contact him below. Ms J.F. writes: In 2013, the Royal Bank of Scotland said we had to reduce our Virgin One … Read more
Double blow for borrowers as furlough scheme and mortgage holidays come to an end By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 6 May 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 6 May 2020 Thousands of homeowners who have taken a mortgage repayment ‘holiday’ because their finances were squeezed by the coronavirus could receive a … Read more
Home sellers will be able to use smartphones, cameras or laptops to capture and share high-resolution photographs and video footage of their property with a chartered surveyor, under plans seen exclusively by This is Money. One company has come up with a system that allows homeowners to give chartered surveyors a virtual tour of their … Read more
Would there be any benefit in taking a mortgage holiday even though I don’t need one? Both me and my partner are still working full-time and able to meet our mortgage payments, but we were discussing about whether we should ask for a mortgage holiday anyway and save the money instead. How do the holidays … Read more
Mortgage lenders axe almost HALF of buy-to-let mortgage options amid ongoing coronavirus lockdown Mortgage lenders have slashed buy-to-let deals in the wake of the coronavirus More than 1,300 buy-to-let mortgage deals have been axed since March This accounts for nearly half of all available deals, with 1,593 now left Learn more about how to help … Read more
Banks are set to make more than £600 million in extra interest paid by cash-strapped homeowners taking mortgage holidays, Money Mail can reveal. Campaigners say the vast profit lenders will make from the crisis is ‘disgraceful’ and are demanding they scrap additional interest charges. The breaks are seen as a lifeline for borrowers facing financial … Read more
Revealed: 1.2million households have already taken a mortgage holiday – but experts warn some could struggle to remortgage as a result Some 1.2m households have taken a mortgage repayment holiday so far The vast majority of these will have been financially hit by coronavirus But experts warn these borrowers may be looked upon unfavourably in future … Read more
Banks and building societies have cut a staggering 47 per cent of all mortgage deals from sale over the past three weeks in a move not seen since the credit crunch, as fears over the health of the housing market loom. This month the Government urged buyers and sellers not to move home as the pandemic continues to … Read more