Is porting your mortgage worth doing?
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If moving home, you may be able take your current mortgage with you by ‘porting your mortgage’. Despite the gloom, official stats show that the housing market is still pretty…
What are searches when buying a home?
There are many steps before being given the keys to a new home, including something called ‘searches’. If you’re a first-time buyer, it may seem to take an age between…
What can we expect from house prices in 2022?
As we look forward to another 12 months, what can we expect from house prices in 2022? We haven’t got access to a crystal ball, but looking at data from…
Mortgage interest rates: What you need to know
Interest rates are a term you will hear when applying for a mortgage. Even if you have a mortgage now, you may not fully understand why you need to pay…
Add value to your home during the lockdown
During the coronavirus pandemic lockdown, you may be wishing you had more space. And while plans to buy a new house may be on hold at the moment, it isn’t…
Mortgage holidays for those affected by Covid-19
Homeowners and Buy to Let landlords who are affected by coronavirus can apply for mortgage payment holidays of up to three months. How it will work? You should contact your…
Self-employed mortgages: All you need to know
More than 5 million people are self-employed in the UK, according to the Office of National Statistics. And that is a figure that’s likely to keep rising. For many, working…
Remortgaging: what you need to know
Remortgaging your home is a fairly simple thing to do but many people forget to check their current deal. Last year, a study showed that mortgage borrowers were unnecessarily paying…
Steps to buying your first home
There are steps to take before you buy your first home. At The Mortgage Dog, we understand that if you’re a first-time buyer it can be daunting or something of…
Speed up your mortgage application
How do you speed up your mortgage application? Even the smallest delay can frustrate a house purchase. Delays cannot only hit the rest of the chain but in the worst…