The Bank of England announced yesterday that bank base rate will remain static at 0.5% for another month which is more good news for the housing market, prospective borrowers and mortgage brokers.
In conjunction with massive falls in the London Interbank Offered rate recently, and small falls in Swap rates the stage looks set for continued reduction in mortgage interest rates over the coming months.
HSBC’s and Lloyd’s Group announced large rate cuts in the lower loan to value range last week and over the past few days several lenders have announced small changes to rates and criteria higher up the loan to value range.
While there has been little change in higher loan to value rates in the 80% and upwards category there is a feeling among the mortgage advice community that things will now start to ease in this category too perhaps for remortgages in the first instance but potentially for new purchase as well.
Whilst it’s unlikely we will see any products at 95% for new purchase soon things definitely appear to be moving in the right direction which can only be good news for homeowners and the economy at large.