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Home sellers say they are less likely to lower asking prices than they were three months ago, despite the headwinds hitting the property market.
The big mortgage squeeze starts in earnest today and borrowers should expect no more help from our banking industry, despite it having brought the economy to its knees, says Simon Lambert.
Those prepared to switch should save money or could take a fixed rate at a similar price. It is something that Halifax borrowers Tiffany Clayton, 23, and her boyfriend Carl Pritchard, 24, are preparing to do.
The Co-operative Bank will no longer offer interest-only mortgages to homebuyers, or even those already on the cheaper payment deals who want to remortgage.
More than one million mortgage holders will eventually pay hundreds of pounds per year extra from today, as lenders hike their rates.
The average premium we would be prepared to shoulder is 7 per cent – £15,321 on a typical home. But one in 30 would pay an extra 20 per cent – nearly £44,000. The research also revealed an increasingly isolated Britain, in which only four out of ten feel able to describe the person living next door as a friend. ...read
The fall leaves the average house price at £159,883 - the same level as in August 2004. The average home is down £40,000 on the 2007 peak, but Halifax said the market has steadied in recent months.
Property analyst Hometrack said England and Wales were the only areas where house prices went up by an average 0.1 per cent, while in the North the Midlands and Wales prices fell or were static.
The average is being skewed by London. Since the last peak in 2008, London prices are 14.9 per cent higher, compared with a 4.3 per cent fall in that time for the rest of the country excluding the capital.
According to data from RICS, 6% of surveyors across Britain reported decreases in sales last month - the first time transaction levels have entered negative figures since last September.
Nationwide warned that house prices, which on average were also 0.9 per cent down on April last year, were set to stagnate or fall throughout 2012 as households' confidence lagged behind any possible economic recovery.
Average house prices fell 0.6 per cent in March to £160,372, with properties in London and southern regions all falling but a surprising spike appearing in the North East.
A rise in the number of tenants struggling to pay their rent as household finances become more stretched, has been reported by almost half of letting agents. It comes as more tenants start trying to haggle on rent, with the average up to £705 a month. ...read
The document, intended for both landlords and tenants, could include legal fire safety standards and rules governing anti-social behaviour, MPs were told.
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I'm a first-time buyer and found what I thought was my perfect mortgage, but even though I have a deposit and good salary, I've been refused.
We have two properties. We are living in one and will move to the other shortly. Should we sell our current home or rent it out and hope that house prices rise?
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