August Mortgage Market update
Adam Nanson, Impartial Mortgage Broker at Your Mortgage Expert provides our August Mortgage Market update. This month we are looking at the Bank of England Base Rate Rise and what it means for your mortgage.
On 4th August, the Bank of England increased the interest rate to 1.75%. This widely anticipated rate rise is the largest increase for 27 years and leaves lots of people wondering about mortgage rates. In this article, we address how will the interest rate rise impact your mortgage.
Why has the Bank of England increased the interest rate?
Prices globally are rising at a staggeringly fast rate. Oil prices, gas prices, the cost of food and household goods have all gone up. One way the Bank of England can try to control prices (or inflation) is to put up interest rates.
It remains to be seen whether this will have any impact on spiralling inflation. And, we don’t know whether this will be the final rate rise this year.
Will the Interest Rate Rise impact your mortgage?
The interest rate rise will make borrowing more expensive. And, the idea is that this will help to curb spending and drive down prices.
Most of our mortgage clients have a fixed-rate mortgage. If this is you, then nothing will change with your existing deal. If, however, you are on the Standard Variable Rate or a tracker mortgage, you will find that your mortgage repayments will increase.
If your mortgage deal is coming to an end, or if you are on a tracker mortgage, it might be worth contacting us to find out if you can change to a new fixed term rate or something cheaper.
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If you have read anything in our August Mortgage Market update that you have questions about. Or you are worried about how the interest rate rise will impact your mortgage please do not hesitate to get in touch for a no obligation chat about your mortgage. We don’t charge anything up front, so by speaking to us, you are under no obligation. We are based in Salisbury, Wiltshire, but we can help you no matter where you live in the UK.
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