The cost of repairing and maintaining external or internal communal parts of a building charged to the leaseholder by the freeholder. Also known as service charge.
The cost of repairing and maintaining external or internal communal parts of a building charged to the leaseholder.
A self-contained apartment (usually on two floors) in a larger house with its own entrance from the outside.
An amount of money advanced by a lender such as a bank or building society on the security of a property and repayable over a set period.
This is an insurance designed to pay your monthly mortgage for a limited period, usually a year if you are unable to work through illness, disability or redundancy.
A company which advises lenders on the types of loans available and which helps to process any subsequent application.
The legal document that confers ownership or title to a property.
The standard variable interest rate quoted by all mortgage lenders which normally varies in line with the Bank of England base rate. All discounted rates are based on this mortgage rate.
The period of time over which a mortgage loan must be repaid.
This may be a fixed, variable, capped, discount, tracker or another type of mortgage.
The lender of a mortgage (ie bank or building society).
