Mortgages
Mortgage market starts year with steep decline
The mortgage market started the year on the back foot with lending diving by 13% in January, figures showed today.
Inside Mortgages
Ministers' alarm as door slams on first-time buyers
Wednesday, 16 February 2011
Emergency talks on the crisis in the housing market were launched yesterday amid growing alarm among ministers that a generation could be priced out of buying their own home.
'No easy fix' to help first-time buyers
Wednesday, 16 February 2011
There is no "magic bullet" that will remove the problems faced by first-time house buyers, Michael Coogan, director-general of the Council of Mortgage Lenders, warned yesterday. He told the First-Time Buyers summit called by the Housing minister, Grant Shapps, that mortgage insurance, shared ownership and product innovation could all potentially help, but that returning to a normal mortgage market was likely to be a gradual process, as confidence was restored.
Mortgage-holders take heed: the balmy days of low rates are numbered
Sunday, 13 February 2011
If you want the certainty of a fixed-rate you had better get on with it, write Chiara Cavaglieri and Julian Knight. But there are other options
Mortgage lending falls again
Friday, 11 February 2011
The number of mortgages advanced to people buying a property dropped for the fifth consecutive month during December as activity in the housing market remained subdued.
Home repossessions fall again but concerns remain
Friday, 11 February 2011
Home repossessions fell for the fifth consecutive quarter at the end of 2010, figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) revealed.
A flat in the French Alps shouldn't be a mountain to climb
Sunday, 6 February 2011
Leaseback schemes make the process straightforward and can bring a decent return on investment. Julian Knight and Chiara Cavaglieri report
House prices bounced back during January
Friday, 4 February 2011
House prices rose by 0.8% during January as values bounced back after steep falls amid the pre-Christmas snow disruption, figures revealed today.
More mortgages for borrowers with lower deposits
Wednesday, 2 February 2011
The proportion of mortgages available to people with small deposits has risen to its highest level for two years but there is little sign that banks are increasing their lending levels, research indicated today.
House prices continue to fall, says Nationwide
Wednesday, 2 February 2011
House prices started 2011 as they finished 2010, according to the latest figures published by the Nationwide Building Society.
Mortgage lending fell by 10 per cent in December
Wednesday, 2 February 2011
Mortgage lending closed the year in a depressed state with net lending contracting by £298m in December, as homeowners continued to pay off more debt than providers made new loans, figures from the Bank of England showed.
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