Mortgages

Mortgage lending soared by 21% in March

Mortgage lending soared by 21% during March as both buyers and people remortgaging returned to the market.

Inside Mortgages

Redrow to exit Scottish housing market

Wednesday, 20 April 2011

Redrow is ditching its loss-making Scottish operations in order to focus its attention on the South-east.

Regions fight back against slump in the market

Sunday, 17 April 2011

It's not just London that is bucking the housing sales trend

Phone app helps landlords to screen tenants

Sunday, 17 April 2011

A new iPhone app has been launched aimed at helping buy-to-let landlords find out if their prospective tenants are on a blacklist for property damage or unpaid rent.

Rate rises to hit interest-only mortgages

Sunday, 10 April 2011

The cost of borrowing cannot remain this low for much longer. Julian Knight reports

Having problems selling your house? It's time to call in the home stagers

Sunday, 10 April 2011

The American concept of hiring someone to put your property in its best light has been growing steadily

Spotlight On: Leeds' discount buy-to-let mortgage

Saturday, 9 April 2011

First-time buyers boost lending

Friday, 8 April 2011

A small improvement in the mortgage market in February was driven by an increase in the number of first-time buyers, figures revealed today.

Record pay-off of mortgages by UK households

Tuesday, 5 April 2011

In an ominous development for house prices and spending on the high street, the Bank of England says that record amounts of money are being used by families to repay mortgages and to pay off other debts secured on their homes – with little new lending to first-time buyers to balance the depressing impact on the economy.

Borrowers pay off �7 billion mortgages

Monday, 4 April 2011

Mortgages were paid down at a record rate in the final quarter of last year, figures revealed today, as homeowners moved to improve their personal balance sheets.