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 […]