Affordability, Buying, first time buyers Negative equity predicted to hit 5 million homeowners Author admin Date February 28, 2009 Five million UK homeowners will have fallen into negative equity by the end of...
House Prices, Land Registry House prices drop by 15.1% in one year Author admin Date February 27, 2009 The Land Registry has revealed that house prices in England and Wales during January...
first time buyers, Moneyfacts First time buyers offered little incentive Author admin Date February 27, 2009 Fixed rate mortgages equate to three quarters of the deals on offer to first...
NHBC New house builds are down by a third Author admin Date February 26, 2009 New house-building statistics reveal that the number of applications from builders to start new...
Affordability, House Prices, Nationwide Improving affordability helps – but prices continue to fall Author adminadmin Date February 26, 2009 House prices fell by 1.8% in February as confidence in the UK property market...
OFT OFT launches market study into home buying and selling Author admin Date February 25, 2009 prescription drugs without prescriotion The Office of Fair Trading has launched its market study...
Buying Grammer schools attracting homebuyers Author admin Date February 25, 2009 Parents on the look out for a new home are being driven increasingly by...
CML, House Prices, Scotland Scotland not immune from market downturn Author admin Date February 25, 2009 New data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders shows Scottish house purchase lending declined...
BBA, Mortgages Mortgage lending dips, but approvals rise slightly Author admin Date February 24, 2009 Mortgage approvals for house purchase rose slightly in January though were still some 43%...
Affordability, Buying Buyers seeking unmodernised properties for added value Author admin Date February 24, 2009 Unmodernised properties in prime locations are attracting creative buyers who can see huge potential...
House Prices, Northern Ireland NI house prices down 28% in past year Author admin Date February 24, 2009 The University of Ulster has said 2008 was the worst year for Northern Ireland’s...
CML, Mortgages Mortgage lenders welcome the return of Northern Rock lending Author admin Date February 23, 2009 The Council of Mortgage Lenders observes that the resumption of new mortgage lending by...
Mortgages, Northern Rock Northern Rocks back into the mortgage business Author admin Date February 23, 2009 The Government has announced that Northern Rock is to revive its mortgage business with...
Alliance and Leicester, Mortgages Alliance & Leicester refresh their fixed rate mortgages Author admin Date February 21, 2009 Alliance & Leicester has reduced rates and fees on a selection of its fixed...
Affordability, Conservatives Tories launch repossession advice pack Author admin Date February 21, 2009 Grant Shapps, the Conservative Shadow Housing Minister has launched a Repossession Advice Pack aimed...
DCLG, debt, Government Delays with Government mortgage help plan Author admin Date February 20, 2009 A planned scheme from the Government to prevent people from losing their homes if...
House Prices, NAEA Housing demand is up, but supply is down Author admin Date February 20, 2009 Potential buyers are finally returning to the UK housing market – but are frustrated...
Affordability, CML Sharp rise in home repossessions Author admin Date February 20, 2009 The total number of first-charge repossessions in the year was an estimated 40,000, 5,000...
Buy to Let, CML, Landlords, Lettings Buy to let lending continues to decline Author admin Date February 20, 2009 New lending for buy-to-let continued to decline in the fourth quarter of 2008, the...
Mortgages, Woolwich Woolwich cuts costs of fixed rate mortgages Author admin Date February 19, 2009 Woolwich, the lending arm of Barclays, has cut the cost of many of its...
BSA Building Societies claim satisfied customers Author admin Date February 19, 2009 Independent research from GfK NOP, published by the Building Societies Association, shows savers and...
CML, Mortgages Gross mortgage lending declined in January Author admin Date February 19, 2009 Gross mortgage lending declined to an estimated £12.4 billion in January, an 8% fall...
England, FSA FSA bans broker for mortgage fraud Author admin Date February 19, 2009 The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has published a Final Notice banning mortgage broker Leo...
CML Advice for those with mortgage troubles Author admin Date February 19, 2009 Lenders and debt advice agencies are calling on borrowers in trouble to take early...
Affordability Britain needs another million new homes Author admin Date February 18, 2009 David Pretty, the chairman of the New Homes Marketing Board and a former chief...