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Reduce the maximum Mortgage lenders can charge over and above the Bank of england base rate to 1%

Submitted on Thursday 6th October 2011

Published on Wednesday 19th October 2011

Current status: Closed

Closed: Friday 19th October 2012

Signatures: 11

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Council ~ England

Petition Action

Reduce the maximum Mortgage lenders can charge over and above the Bank of england base rate to 1%

Additional Information

At present the Bank of England base rate is very low at 0.5%. This rate is what high street banks are charged to borrow overnight from the Bank of England.
The high street mortage rate is on average 4%. I suggest a cap of 1% premium on top of the Bank of England rate.
This would reduce mortages interest to 1.5% at present. This would have the effect of releasing monies to households and increase consumer demand.
Further their would be a reduction in mortage defaults. When a family loses their home it may fall upon the council and the general taxable population to house a family which has lost its home.
A reduction in bank mortage rates to 1% would redress the imbalance of interest rates which have occured over the past 3 years.


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