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Remortgages In The United Kingdom Are Higher Than They Have Been For 9 Years

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    Remortgages In The United Kingdom Are Higher Than They Have Been For 9 Years

    By Harvey Raybould | UK Property Market News | 0 comment | 21 March, 2018 | 0

    Remortgages in the UKThe number of remortgages in January 2018 was the highest that they have been for nine years. The number of first time buyer home loans was also up but the buy to let market was very quiet.

    In the first month of 2018 there were 49,800 remortgages completed by existing home owners. This was up by over 19% on January 2017 and the highest amount of remortgages recorded since November 2008. UK Finance supplied this information.

    Why the Increase in Remortgages?

    The total amount of remortgaging in January 2018 was £8.9 billion and this represents over 20% more year on year. The reason for this increase is not really known but it could be that speculation over interest rate rises forced the issue with home owners. Another explanation is that several fixed rate mortgages would have come to an end during this period.

    A leading industry expert said that an increase in remortgages is expected in the early months of a year because home owners are looking to rearrange their finances. But there was no easy explanation for the sharp increase of remortgages this year.

    What about First Time Buyer mortgages?

    The statistics from UK Finance also reported that there had been a 7% increase in the number of first time buyer mortgages in January 2018 compared to January 2017. There were 24,500 first time buyer mortgages completed which equates to £4 billion in total lending which is an increase of over 11% year on year. The figures also revealed that the average first time buyer has an income of £41,000 and is 30 years of age.

    New home mover mortgages were also up in January 2018. With 25,000 new home mover mortgages completed in the month, this is 6.4% up on January 2017. The total amount of lending was £5.4 billion and this is an increase of 10.2% annually. The average home mover has an income of £55,000 and is 39 years of age.

    It is encouraging to see that the first time buyer market is doing well. This has been helped by government initiatives such as cuts in stamp duty and the Help to Buy scheme. It seems that there is finally light at the end of the tunnel for first time buyers. Now the emphasis will be to move the average age of first time buyers back to the twenties instead of the thirties.

    How did Buy to Let mortgages fair?

    The number of buy to let mortgages is down on last year. In January 2018 there were 5,600 buy to let mortgages completed and this is a drop of over 5% on January 2017. The lending amount of £0.8 billion was the same annually.

    It was a different story for buy to let remortgages. In the first month of 2018 there were 16,500 buy to let remortgages completed which is an increase of nearly 18% on January 2017. The value of these loans was £2.6 billion which is an annual increase of 18.2%.

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