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All mortgages fall into two categories, either capital and interest or interest only.

Capital and interest means that your monthly payments will include an element of repayment of the capital loan in addition to the interest due. The split between capital and interest in your monthly repayments will change throughout the term of the mortgage.

Interest only means that your monthly payments to the lender only represent the interest due on the mortgage loan. A separate savings plan is used to pay off the original loan. This has typically been in the form of an insurance endowment policy but can also be a pension or an Individual Savings Account.

Your mortgage will fall into one of the above methods, but in addition you have a choice of mortgage product. The most common of these are;

Variable interest rate mortgage; you pay the base, or standard rate of the lender. This will fluctuate, up or down, when the lender changes their interest rates.

Discount rate; a specified discount (1%, 2% etc) for a fixed period on the variable base rate. The overall rate will change when the lender changes their interest rates. At the end of the discounted period, the rate will revert to the lender's variable base rate.

Fixed interest; the interest payments are fixed for a specified period (usually 1-5 years) at a specified rate. After the fixed rate term has ended the interest rate will usually revert to the prevailing variable rate, or subject to the individual lender, to a new fixed rate.

Capped interest; means that the interest rate payable on your mortgage will not rise above a stated rate for a certain period of the loan, but if the variable rate drops below that rate, the amount you pay will be lower. After the term ends, interest rate reverts to the lenders variable base rate.

Please remember the P.I.A does not regulate mortgage services.

YOUR HOME IS AT RISK IF YOU DO NOT KEEP UP REPAYMENTS ON A MORTGAGE OR OTHER LOAN SECURED ON IT.

Simon Kershaw and Associates is registered under the Council of Mortgage Lenders Mortgage Code.



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The first figure gives the total monthly payment for a straight repayment mortgage, including both interest and payment towards the capital loan amount. This reduces the amount owed on the capital, month by month.

The second figure shows the amount of interest payment only.

Anyone opting for an interest-only mortgage, such as linked to an endowment, PEP or pension savings policy, will need to add the cost of the monthly premiums of the policy to the interest figure above. On maturity the savings policy is intended to pay off the capital loan.

These figures are only a guide. We recommend that you obtain exact figures from us before committing to any mortgage.

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