When you are considering a remortgage, there are a number of charges that building societies might not spell out as much as borrowers might like them to. They are always mentioned at some point and can eventually add up to quite a lot of cash. But remortage tables in their basic form won’t spell them out. So when you are trying to compare mortgage rates through online charts, don’t forget to delve more deeply to see what hidden charges you might unearth.

To understand what these charges are going to end up costing you, it is worth either asking an independent financial advisor for help or at the very least get a model of what the total repayments will be, including all charges.

Here’s some examples of what you might want to be looking out for when trawling through the mortgage tables in search of interest rates.

Exit Fees – if you do not continue the mortgage to the end of its term and instead pay it off early then the building society may try to charge you an exit fee to cover their paperwork costs that are involved in ending the mortgage. This may even be charged at the end of the mortgage whether it is paid off early or not. Previously these have been reasonable charges that don’t really add up to much in comparison with the figures involved in a mortgage, but some building societies have hiked up these charges to try to make more money. This is taking advantage of the small print saying that charges can be raised and can result in incredible rises.

Standard Variable Rate – this is the standard mortgage rate that the building society will charge you once your introductory period is up. It is normally around a couple of percentage points above the standard base rate. This is where the building societies make their cash through those customers that don’t try to remortgage when the introductory offer finishes. If you are on the standard variable rate and the tie in period has ended, then it is high time to look at those mortgage charts.

Higher lending charge – long gone are the days of the 125% mortgage, or at least until the building societies forget how badly they had their fingers burnt this time around. Most of the mortgage charts show the best buy deals and have various hoops to jump through, such as not lending more than 75% of your new home’s value. If you are borrowing more than the cutoff, then the building society may charge you a higher lending charge.

Early redemption charges – if you want to end your mortgage earlier than the offer or tie in period, there is usually an early redemption charge. This might be shown as an amount of cash or so many months’ interest. Quite often after the tracker or fixed rate ends there is a tie in period during which you cannot change from the standard variable rate without incurring this early redemption charge.

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