Property Acumen
Custom Search
Home | Mortgages | Buy To Let | Buying Property | Login | Register
UK House Price Finder:


Buying Property

UK Property Prices
House Prices by Town
All Property Articles
Buying Property
First Time Buyers
Buying At Auction

Mortgages

Mortgage Articles
Mortgage Lenders
Fixed Rate Mortgage
Interest Only Mortgage
Repayment Mortgage
Equity Release
Remortgaging
Mortgage Jargon A-Z

Buying Overseas

Buying Overseas
French Property

Tools and Resources

Guide to Investing
Property Services Directory
Mortgage Calculator
Equity Release Calculator
Letting Property
Contact us
Advertising Enquiries

Best Buy Mortgage Tables

Best buy tables can be very useful for getting an overview of the market.

By scanning down a best buy table for mortgages, you can instantly get an idea of both the breadth and range of mortgage providers and individual types of product that can be taken out.

This is both bewildering and positive, because it means that with the right research you should be able to find just the right product for you and your situation and with so much and so many factors to take into account with a mortgage and the situation of the individual(s) party to that mortgage it is important that this range exists.

However whilst you will get a good idea of the various rates on offer, how they differ between different types of products and so on, it is very hard to instantly work out the best deal.

That's because mortgages are relatively complicated products and there are a whole host of charges and conditions that may or may not apply and these could significantly alter which is the best product for you. Therefore always approach the best buy tables as a useful guide but not the be all and end all. Certainly whereas with a savings account you can get a great idea of the best account for you based simply on the interest rate, any conditions on withdrawals and minimum balance, with a mortgage there is so much more to take into account you cannot make that instant assessment through best buy information.

This means that in practice to compare like with like you will need to know the various charges and penalties and costs that each mortgage provider has for each product. These sort of fees are not usually seen in best buy tables, and also information on the size of the loan you can get is also not clear from these tables.

Therefore by all means use the best buy tables as a guide to find a few mortgages that you think might be right for you, but then you will need to ask follow-up questions to those providers to find out all the charges, or of course use a mortgage broker to help you investigate the products in detail and find out what really is your personal "best buy".

More property related articles:

  1. Roles in the mortgage process
  2. Sourcing a Good Letting Agent
  3. Making an offer on overseas property
  4. Buying Old Property
  5. Equity Release Considerations

House Prices