Friday, Sep 26, 2008
Mortgage rates up another 0.30% as interbank rates rise
Yahoo: HSBC hikes mortgage rates on market turmoil
HSBC is hiking the cost of its fixed mortgages from Friday in reaction to credit market turbulence last week, a move widely expected by analysts. HSBC, the country's ninth largest lender, said it would increase the interest on its range of fixed rate products to 6.27 percent from 5.97 percent, following in the footsteps of Yorkshire Building Society on Monday. Fees will decrease to 499 pounds from 799 pounds. "With swaps spiking over the last week by 40 bps, we have tried to maintain choice in the market, but also not reducing LTVs (loan to value)," said HSBC. Swaps are used by banks to finance fixed rate mortgages. Turmoil in the markets last week led to a tightening of wholesale funding and a jump in the interbank lending rates.
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1. planning4acrash said...
Quite right too. Its about time that the market set mortgage rates to take account of supply and demand, rather the government sponsored central bank, setting interest rates for dubious polical purposes, which, given synchronisation with at least the ECB and Fed, appear to be global in nature, with doubtful, if any benefit to We The People.