Mortgage lending is still in...

March 18, 2011

Gross mortgage lending by banks and building societies in February added up an estimated £9.5billion, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders. This is almost identical to January’s gr...

Barclays urges mortgage hold...

March 18, 2011

New figures from Barclays show that only 10 per cent of homeowners are deliberately overpayingtheir mortgage to benefit from the current low interest rates. A study by the bank has revealed that 84 pe...

Mortgage lending falls sharp...

March 15, 2011

The housing market got off to a slow start in 2011 according to new figures from the Council ofMortgage Lenders (CML). Just 28,500 home loans were approved during January, a fall of 29 percent on Dece...

Mortgage lending down 29% in...

March 11, 2011

January saw mortgage lending figures for new house purchases down 29 per cent from the previousmonth, according to new figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML). The first month of 2011 saw o...