House purchase lending declines in Scotland
New data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders shows that house purchase lending in...
Monthly Archives: May 2009
House prices rise for second time in three months
The UK House market is showing signs of activity with growth of 1.2% in...
Planting, Pruning & Pinching…Gardens are a Goldmine for Green Grabbers
With gardening spectaculars such as The Chelsea Flower Show about to bloom, it is...
Average Spend on Home Improvements Reaches £5,300
More than half of Home-owners (55%) have undertaken home improvements during the past 12...
Irish house prices at summer 2004 levels
The latest data from Permanent tsb / ESRI House Price Index has reported that...
Mortgage lending hits eight-year low
The high street banks’ net mortgage lending of £2.7bn has not been as low...
Banks turn away £1bn of due to “prejudice†against low cost housing
Banks are turning away more than £1bn of mortgage business because they are refusing...
Fix rate mortgage costs are rising
The cost of the average fixed rate mortgage has risen in the last month,...
Mortgage lending fell by 9% during April
Gross mortgage lending declined to an estimated £10.4 billion in April, down 9% from...
Agents say property sales reach 18-month high
Estate agents sold more houses in April than in any month since October, 2007,...
Lack of new sellers pushes up average prices
A lack of sellers combined with new sellers to the housing market has helped...
Buy-to-let activity weakens during first quarter
New buy-to-let lending fell for the sixth consecutive quarter in the first three months...
Repossessions rise, but the worst may not happen
There were 12,800 repossessions by first-charge mortgage lenders in the first quarter of this...
Enhanced hot water safety and efficiency measures for all new homes
All new homes will feature inbuilt protection from hot water scalding in baths and...
FSA bans Bradford mortgage broker for mortgage fraud
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has banned a Bradford mortgage adviser, Sofique Ullah, who...
Agents say responsibility is the key to a better market
Following the publication of the Council of Mortgage Lenders latest monthly lending survey revealing...
Lowest mortgage costs since 2004, says CML
While borrowers still need large deposits to be able to enter the market, and...
Is the UK Sales Market ‘Bottoming’?
Hamptons International, one of the UK’s most prominent residential agents has announced that the...
FSA: Mortgage market is complex and challenging
Lord Turner, chairman of the Financial Services Authority (FSA), has set out the complexities...
Over 100,000 young people will leave rural England
Over 100,000 young adults will leave the English countryside over the next three years...
Surveyors find enquiries and sales picking up
Sales in April edged up a little further, albeit from historically low levels, while...
FSA bans and fines mortgage broker £101, 279 for fraud
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has banned a mortgage broker and fined him £101,279...
Halifax and Bank of Scotland (Ireland) to pass on tracker rate savings
Halifax and Bank of Scotland (Ireland) Homeloans are to pass on the interest rate...
Have a mortgage – only if you have a 40% deposit
The number of new mortgages requiring a minimum of 40 per cent deposit has...
Euro interest rates reach an all time low
The European Central Bank has decided to lower the eurozone interest rate to 1.0%...