How much equity do I have in my home?

How much equity do I have in my house?

Use our mortgage equity calculator to work out how much equity you have in your home. You can then check if you can get a cheaper mortgage, or whether you can release equity from your home.

How to use our mortgage equity calculator:

Use our equity release calculator no personal details needed. You can also use the tool as an equity release calculator (UK).

You can also get help working out your mortgage balance and how much your house is worth here.

What does having equity in your home mean?

Equity is the value of how much of your house you own. For example, if your mortgage balance is £150,000 and your house is worth £200,000, you have £50,000 equity in the property.

If you sold your house for £200,000, you would use £150,000 of this to pay off your mortgage, and you could keep the remaining £50,000 or use it towards buying a new property.

Your equity is made up of the deposit you paid towards the house purchase and any of your mortgage you have paid off. It should keep going up until your mortgage is paid off; you then have 100% equity in your home.

How to work out how much you can borrow

The easiest way to see how much lenders are likely to let you borrow is by using our equity mortgage calculator.

If you need a more precise figure, you can ask individual lenders or talk to a broker to see what you could borrow.

How to find a better mortgage deal

Once you have used our equity calculator, you can use money.co.uk to:

To find the best mortgage, you need to work out the loan to value (LTV) you'll need. This is the percentage of the property's value your mortgage covers.

For example, if you have £50,000 equity in a £200,000 property, your mortgage would be for £150,000, (75% of its value). You would need to look for a 75% LTV mortgage.

If you need help finding the right deal talk to a mortgage broker

Remortgage

When you remortgage, you get a new mortgage on your current home without moving. If you can find a cheaper deal, you could save money.

Once you have used the above remortgage calculator to work out your equity and LTV, you can compare remortgages and apply for a new one.

Remortgage equity release

If you used our calculator to work out how much equity you can release from your house, you can compare equity release mortgages here. You can also try our equity release calculator provided in partnership with our broker Responsible Equity Release.

You can use them to borrow a lump sum from the equity you own in your property, but they can be expensive. Here is how equity release mortgages work.

Home mover

You can use the equity in your home plus your savings as the deposit when you buy a new house. For example, if you have £50,000 equity in your current home and want to buy a new house for £200,000, you would have a 25% deposit.

This means you can look for 75% LTV mortgages, which are usually cheaper than mortgages with a higher LTV.

What is an equity mortgage?

It’s another term used to describe a mortgage which uses equity in a property in order to remortgage or move home.

Compare moving home mortgages

Last updated: 23 October, 2021