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Atomix
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0.15% interest rate increase wasn't it?....
0.15% interest rate increase wasn't it?....
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It is not quite as simple as that.
I was doing some research for a customer earlier this week, Nationwide were the top of every option I found. That means they were probably getting a lot of business in over Christmas and New year. There is probably an element of wanting to stem some of that and also knowing they can earn more from those mortgages.
Also on top of that, the government was providing very cheap money to banks to lend out to keep the market going. That has stopped now.
In terms of savers, I was on a webinar with a lender (not nationwide) in early December. They basically said that at the minute they are sat on £200m worth of savings MORE than they were pre covid. In addition to that, they had less money leant out to businesses as they had all refinanced using the bounce back loans. That meant they had a lot of money to lend out and so rates on mortgages were artificially low.
In short, one bank alone had £200m extra to lend out. They had no incentive to pay extra interest because it would not have effected their mortgage business if half of that money was withdrawn overnight. I assume Nationwide are in a similar sort of position.
It was quite an interest webinar in geeky sort of way.
Basically, as the world gets back to normal and people begin to spend money, expect mortgage and loan rates to increase.I am a Mortgage AdviserYou should note that this site doesn't check my status as a mortgage adviser, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice.3 -
I've had a mortgage offer but haven't completed yet, will it still go up?0
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Atomix said:
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ACG said:It is not quite as simple as that.
I was doing some research for a customer earlier this week, Nationwide were the top of every option I found. That means they were probably getting a lot of business in over Christmas and New year. There is probably an element of wanting to stem some of that and also knowing they can earn more from those mortgages.
Also on top of that, the government was providing very cheap money to banks to lend out to keep the market going. That has stopped now.
In terms of savers, I was on a webinar with a lender (not nationwide) in early December. They basically said that at the minute they are sat on £200m worth of savings MORE than they were pre covid. In addition to that, they had less money leant out to businesses as they had all refinanced using the bounce back loans. That meant they had a lot of money to lend out and so rates on mortgages were artificially low.
In short, one bank alone had £200m extra to lend out. They had no incentive to pay extra interest because it would not have effected their mortgage business if half of that money was withdrawn overnight. I assume Nationwide are in a similar sort of position.
It was quite an interest webinar in geeky sort of way.
Basically, as the world gets back to normal and people begin to spend money, expect mortgage and loan rates to increase.
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Folksriker said:I've had a mortgage offer but haven't completed yet, will it still go up?1
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