Author Archives: arriba
November 11, 2011
58% of homeowners have never remortgaged
Barclays is warning that consumers are missing out on a huge cost-saving opportunity after research by the bank revealed that 58% of homeowners have never changed their mortgage aside from moving house. Some 74% of those surveyed said they would consider remortgaging if it would save them £50 a month, but the majority believed they […]
November 10, 2010
Four in 10 mortgage holders have no life cover
Four in 10 mortgage holders have no life cover. A total of 43% of mortgage holders in Britain do not have their mortgage payments protected by life insurance, according to data from a major life insurer.The findings suggest that there are over 7.1 million people with a collective outstanding mortgage balance of £318bn who have […]
September 21, 2010
Mortgage Advice – Recent Poll
A recent survey has revealed that 90% of people planning to take out a mortgage in the next year do not completely understand the difference between the main types of mortgages that are on offer. Only 8% of respondents said they completely understood all the differences between the many variations of mortgages but 11% said […]