Porting a Mortgage in Leicester

Mortgage Advice in Leicester

Generally, these days most mortgages tend to be ones that are portable, the process is relatively straightforward but varies from lender to lender.

Portable means that it is often possible to transfer a mortgage from one home to another if you’re moving home in Leicester, without a penalty. Ideal if you are in the middle of a fixed rate and decide you want to move.

Not all mortgages are portable

Not all mortgages are however portable though. So you should check with your lender or broker before putting your house on the market to clarify. If you have an older mortgage or if it is with a specialist lender in Leicester there is a chance it might not be portable.

Porting a Mortgage to a More Expensive Property

Some customers decide not to affect the porting option even when it is available to them. Undoubtedly there are several potential reasons for this. Possibly the new lender will not lend them the extra money they need to fulfil the move.

When you port a mortgage there is a restriction in that it is only possible to port the amount currently owed. Any additional borrowing needs to be from the new mortgage products currently available from the lender’s range and might not necessarily be competitive.

If you do port a mortgage and borrow extra monies, the additional borrowing creates something called a “sub-account”. In other words, you have one mortgage but with two different rates of interest applying to it.

This can be a real pain because almost certainly the two products will “overlap” each other and as such it’s difficult to get these to line up without having to let one drift onto the standard variable rate for a while.

Customers tend not to like having to change their mortgage deals as often as this and some of them decide to take the “hit” and pay an early repayment penalty to swap Lender and get it all lined up.

Reach out to our team today

Porting a mortgage to a property of higher value involves your current lender valuing your new property,  as well as assessing your current financial situation to allow them to decide whether they can increase your mortgage.

If you are considering porting a mortgage you would be wise to enlist the help of a trusted mortgage broker in Leicester for their opinion on the options.

Date Last Edited: December 6, 2023