Thursday 17 May 2012

All posts in Mortgages

Mortgage rates increase today

The year is only one-third over and it seems as though the news goes from bad to worse in the area of personal finance. Not only have Britons been hit with the fact that the UK is caught up in …

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Mortgage fraud indicative of financial stress

It has recently been publicised that millions of mortgages are in forbearance and millions more homes either in repossession or about to be repossessed. Even so, this is

Interest only mortgage loans subject of controversy

Recent statistics released by the FSA indicate that the housing market is really not faring as well as it appears to be on the surface. The whole problem

Mortgage rates on the rise

On top of already declining numbers of home sales, two of the UK’s leading mortgage lenders are announcing a rise in the cap on their Standard Variable Rates

Homeowners becoming accidental landlords

A relatively new phenomenon is sweeping the UK and that is the fact that homeowners looking to sell their homes have turned into what the Telegraph is calling

Another first-time homebuyers initiative introduced

After various first-time home buyer initiatives have failed to provide satisfactory results, the government has recently implemented a £400m “Get Britain Building” programme designed to stimulate the growth

The confusing language of falling house prices

It seems as if economists and government just want to confuse us more when it comes to making us think we’ve a good deal on a new home.

Low interest rates mortgages no longer a good deal

Within the past year, fees associated with mortgages have risen by greater than 30% which is not such a great deal even in terms of low interest mortgages.

Students struggling more than ever as first-time buyers

More bad news for students and those looking into higher education - though not exactly groundbreaking news - according to new reports, that growing student debts will lead

Number of Homeowners with Negative Equity Could Double

At the moment it is estimated that more than 7% of all home loans are in negative equity. Unfortunately, market analysts believe that number is soon to more