CML urges a delay on HIPS
The Council of Mortgage Lenders has called for the implementation of HIPs to be...
Monthly Archives: February 2007
Record mortgage lending
Gross lending hit an all-time January high of £26.8 billion according to the latest...
Rate rises are putting off buyers
A lack of property on the market has driven up house prices for the...
First-time buyers hit by double whammy
Nationwide Building Society has released a report showing the effects of interest rate and...
House market remains steady
The latest housing market survey from the National Association of Estate Agents has shown...
Growth in buy-to-let faster than house market
330,000 buy-to-let mortgages, worth a total of £38.4 billion, were taken out in 2006,...
Decline in affordability to dampen 2007
Gross mortgage lending in December fell 14% from November’s all-time high of £33.2 billion...
Average first time buyer in London faces Stamp Duty pressure
Research from Halifax shows that the average first time buyer (FTB) in London now...
NAEA welcomes stabilising rate decision
The National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) has welcomed the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)...
CML disappointed in OFT referral decision
The Council of Mortgage Lenders is disappointed by the Office of Fair Trading’s decision...
House prices in East End rise after Olympic win
With 2,000 days to go to the start of the 2012 Olympics, new research...
Interest rates not impacting the market – yet
The recent interest rate rises knocked confidence from consumers Nationwide has said.
Interest Rates remain on hold
The Bank of England has kept interest rates on hold at 5.25pc.
HIPs petition tops 5,000 signatures
The National Association of Estate Agents’ (NAEA) e-petition against home information packs (HIPs) has...
No problems with the neighbours
Research on homeowner attitudes towards their neighbours has been published today by the National...
More, smaller lifetime mortgages
The number of new lifetime mortgages (equity release loans to older home-owners) increased but...