Woolwich mortgage 'offsets' swap rates by Finance News Bulletin

Published: 20/09/07

Woolwich has launched a new mortgage to assist customers deal with the short-term hike in swap ratesThe group's fasten and track wrap up will offer customers a rate of 599 per cent at a fixed-rate for a period of a dayIt will then revert to a lifetime follower rate at 0

69 per cent over the bottom rate for the rest of the mortgage termThe Woolwich mortgage allows for a loan-to-value speed of up to 85 per cent, while the package is fully portableRequiring an arrangement charge of £495, the Woolwich mortgage necessitates near the beginning repayment charges of six months interest at the buy to let SVR or fixed rate either is higher until October 2nd 2010Andy old, head of mortgages for the Woolwich, said: "Swap rates have reached their uppermost levels since 2000 over the last two weeks as the chances of base tax increasing over the next couple of months become reality

"Predicting that the base correct might be increased by a district point one or two times before falling away next day, he added that the "one day fix and track will give buy-to-let investors the constancy they need over the next year at the same time as allowing them to take full advantage of any fall in interest tax with a competitively priced follow-on

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