
Interest rates play a big role in how much you pay each month in monthly payments to your mortgage lender. Your interest rate is the rate you pay to borrow money from your lender and this is expressed as a percentage e.g. 4.20%.
The rate you pay depends on many factors such as:
-The economy as a whole
-Your credit history (missed payments, high levels of debt etc)
-Your Loan to Value
-The type of mortgage you are obtaining
For a repayment mortgage your monthly mortgage payment is made up on capital and interest which means part of the monthly payment pays off the interest you are charged and part of the payments pays off your actual mortgage balance.
