Has The Interest Rate Cut Affected Your Mortgage?
October 8th, 2008 2 Comments » | POSTED BY ROB
So, you may have heard that interest rates have been cut by 0.5% today, in an announcement that was made a day earlier than expected.
How has the rate cut affected your mortgage? Recent research showed that many people do not have a clue what mortgage they actually have, including what rate they pay, so do you know what has happened to your mortgage today? Has your lender passed on the rate cut yet? Are you on a tracker rate which will have to follow the cut?
I know what’s happened to ours – absolutely nothing, as it’s fixed at 5.19% for another 3 years. It’s kind of frustrating when rates go down because I know we’ll see no reduction in our mortgage payments, but it’s also quite reassuring in these turbulent times to know exactly what we’ll be paying each month. Also, the rate isn’t massivley above the base rate, so I really can’t complain.
You can use our mortgage repayment calculator to find out how a cut in interest rates will change your payments, and also our overpayment calculator to see what savings you could make by overpaying your mortgage.
2 Comments on “Has The Interest Rate Cut Affected Your Mortgage?”
Laura @ no more spending, October 9th, 2008
Hi Rob,
You have quite a good rate and at least it’s fixed. It’s good to know what you’re paying every month. Hopefully in 3 years, when you need to re mortgage, things will be a little better,fingers crossed.
Ours should go down £50-£60 as we have a flexible tracker, 0.49% above base rate. Going to put is towards overpayments.
Uncommonadvice, October 11th, 2008
I can’t believe that Northern Rock are “yet to make a decision” on whether they are going to reduce their SVR by 0.5%. They are government owned for God’s Sake!
GB should have made them pass on the cut.
