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Some (rare!) good news.

Written by Peter Rollings

Thursday, 06 November 2008

City_banks_money_London_market_commentThe Bank of England has today announced that it has reduced their base rate to 3% - its lowest rate since the 1950’s. Already a number of banks have confirmed that they are passing on the rate cut in its entirety which will dramatically improve sentiment in the market. If you haven’t looked for a mortgage recently, I think you’d be surprised at the rates that are on offer.

Contrary to popular belief, mortgages have been and are still available and, with over 3,500 different products to choose from, it is just not quite as easy as a year ago when there were over 20,000 products available. In my view this was abnormal and caused confusion for the consumer. Our understanding is that, providing you have a good credit history and a deposit of between 10-15%, finding a mortgage is a fairly straightforward process.

It is now common knowledge that London property is ‘ahead of the curve’ and has dropped faster than other property markets, in some instances by 20-25%. It is our view that buyers will enter the market in some force in January next year ready for the spring market, however there are an increasing number of savvy buyers, with finance arranged, seeing great value in the market right now, before Christmas.

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written by Lucy Hills, November 26, 2008
What are your predictions for the new year? Do you think that interest rates will come down again? Lucy, Clapham
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written by Peter Rollings, November 26, 2008
Hello Lucy. I have just posted another blog with some thoughts for 2009 however in answer to your question regarding rates, yes, i do think base rates will come down and that mortgage rates will also but to a lesser extent. I would think we will see a reduction of 0.5% in December followed by 1 more cut in the first quarter to take rates down to 2%. Hope this is helpful.
Peter
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written by Lucy Hills, November 27, 2008
Thanks for your response Peter. Fortunately, I've got a tracker mortgage and quite excited about the prospect of my payments going down in the new year!

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