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 Principality partners with builders

cranesPrincipality is working with builders to give buyers with low deposits access to new build properties with mortgages of up to 95% Loan To Value (LTV) via a brand new guarantee scheme.
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 Principality introduces 95% Mortgage to boost the Welsh housing market

houseline31Principality, Wales’s largest building society, has announced the launch of a brand new 95% LTV mortgage product that will lend up to 95% Loan To Value, to help Welsh First Time Buyers and those with limited deposits in Wales to get onto the property ladder.
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 Stronger house purchase lending with weak remortgage lending in Wales

The number of loans for house purchase in Wales increased in the third quarter showing a similar trend to the UK as a whole, according to new figures released by the Council of Mortgage Lenders in Wales.
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 First-time buyer activity in Wales less affected by end of stamp duty

With the majority of first-time buyers in Wales typically buying homes under £125,000, the end of the stamp duty holiday had a smaller impact in Wales than in the UK.
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Lending to Welsh first-time buyers grew by 4% in 2011, compared to a drop of 4% UK-wide, according to figures released by the Council of Mortgage Lenders in Wales.

While London with Kensington and Chelsea may prove to have the most expensive streets in England and Wales, here’s the other expensive streets Lloyds TSB has identified across the regions.

Average house prices across the UK were down year-on-year in 8 out of 13 regions in quarter three, Nationwide reports – with Northern Ireland remaining the weakest region on an annual basis.

House prices fell in nine out of thirteen UK regions in the third quarter of this year with signs that the London market is cooling down.


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