Loan to Value.

This is the percentage which shows the size of your mortgage vs the property's value.

For example, if your mortgage is £80,000 and the property's value is £100,000 the loan to value is 80%.

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Mortgage Lender

This shows the company who is offering the mortgage loan. It could be any financial institution that offers and/or arranges mortgages. They could be an insurance company, a building society, a bank, a friendly society, unit trust managers and even supermarkets.

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Rate

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Period

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Rate Reverts To

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Fee

The arrangement fee. This is what the lender charges for setting up the mortgage and is is usually payable on completion of the mortgage.

It usually costs between £100 to £300 - or can be "free".

Be careful here: This fee may be payable, even if your application doesn't succeed. And there may be other charges for example an additional Application or Administartion etc Fee. So check this beforehand.

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Incentive

This could be any type of incentive that the mortgage lenders are using as a "loss leader" / marketing ploy. A typical example would be a cashback.

ASU = , sickness & unemployment insurance.

B+C = Buildings & contents insurance.

U = Unemployment insurance.

FTB = First Time Buyers only.

MIP = Mortgage Indemnity premium.

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Redemption

For example you may have a mortgage for a three year fixed interest rate of 5%. If you want to get out of this deal before the three years is up you'd probably have to pay a redemption penalty.

This is a charge which supposedly compensates the mortgage lender for the time and expense of your leaving.

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