Thursday, February 21, 2008

Banks and their policies continue to confound and confuse

Opting for a mortgage and setting up home is one of the biggest decisions in one's life. And unless one is a superrich individual it is impossible to buy a home without mortgage. Especially so in the UK. Finding a home may be easy compared to understanding the numerous terms, conditions and clauses of a mortgage agreement. With a slump in borrowing and home purhchase banks and mortgage companies are finding out that most homeowners are confused and are finding it difficult to decide on which mortgage plan to choose.

Industry experts opined that this has led to people postponing home purchase decisions and thus affecting the business of Mortgages UK. One of the leading mortgage brokers Abbey Mortgages was recently in the news when it released the findings of its research on the subject. The results were quite shocking, more than 66 percent of the homeowners are totally confused about choosing a new mortgage and will not be able to do it.

This is essentially because of misinformation and oneupmanship on the part of the so called mortgage experts. Each one has a different opinion and looks at the same subject from a varied perspetive. This has left homeowners confused and in a unresolvable dilemma.

In my opinion this confusion has more to do with people being unconcerned with the happenings around them. One has to keep oneself abreast of the economy, local, national and global. This will indicate where the money flow is greater and what could be expected in the future. Without keeping up with the news one can't take decisions which will change their financial life completely. So to know about the right Mortgages UK one has to be prepared by reading news, looking up statistics and other details. This is a tedious process but then what is easy in this world?

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