A remortgage can be used for
purpose of gaining lower interest rates on your mortgage or raising finance through releasing equity. The term “Remortgage” is used to explain
process of moving your mortgage to a new lender. A different lender may offer a significantly better deal than your existing lender.
A remortgage means you are ending your current mortgage scheme and switching to a new scheme. A remortgage generally involves changing mortgage lenders because most lenders do not generally offer remortgage schemes to existing customers.
Mortgage lenders offer discounted interest rates and other desirable introductory offers to attract mortgage holders to switch to their particular lending institution.
Review your current mortgage. If you feel you are paying excessive rates of interest, compared to other lenders then a remortgage may save on your monthly payments. Alternatively, you may be looking for a way to finance an extension or purchase a new car, you could seek to increase your mortgage and take
extra sum as cash.
Releasing equity is a good way of raising additional finance. If your home has positive equity - its market value is greater than
outstanding mortgage - you can increase
size of your mortgage.
One of
most common reasons for remortgaging is to reduce costs. By switching to a lower interest rate you can either benefit from lower monthly repayments, or keep
monthly repayments
same, thus repaying
loan quicker and reducing
overall term of
mortgage.