Mortgage Broker Kidderminster

By paying off more than the minimum repayment on your credit card debt, you are providing evidence to prospective lenders that you can manage debt successfully.

With a fixed rate mortgage, for an agreed fixed term, normally 2, 3, 5 or 10 years, the interest rate on repayments is fixed so you know what amount you have to pay regardless of any movement in the Bank of England base rate.

The advantage is that you can budget for the repayment more easily, although a variable rate mortgage might initially be cheaper. You are well advised to be wary of leaving this type of mortgage before the fixed term has finished because early repayment charges are notoriously expensive. When the fixed term has finished, the repayment interest rate converts to the lender's standard variable rate (SVR) but you can organise another fixed rate with the lender or take up an offer from another lender.