Five Year Fixed Rate Mortgage

Fixing for Longer Term Mortgages and why the Financial Crash and Covidiacy Helped Landlords

May 10, 2023 David Lawrenson 3 comments

I am staggered to keep reading about people who, two to three years ago, opted for two or three years fixed term mortgages instead of longer terms of at least five years. More on that in a moment, but first I look at why the financial crash and the events of 2020-2022 helped property buyers and landlords. Why The Financial […]

Fix Your Mortgage Now If You Can

October 16, 2021 David Lawrenson Leave a comment

If you are on a variable rate, you ought to fix your mortgage now, whilst rates are still low and before they go up – which seems inevitable. There is still some record low rate mortgage deals around. For example, there is a five-year fixed rate at 1.65% available as I write this, but with real inflationary pressures breaking out […]

HOW to Lower your buy to let mortgage costs

October 12, 2019 David Lawrenson Leave a comment

There is some good news for landlords – and it is coming from the mortgage market. Most landlords will be able to lower the costs of their buy to let mortgages if they shop around. Hooray! How to Lower your Buy to Let Mortgage Costs Strong competition between lenders on interest rates and a general easing of mortgage company’s previously […]