One in six homeowners strugg...

March 01, 2011

If you have been finding it tough to pay your monthly mortgage payment over recent months, you are not alone.  New research from Barclays has found that despite the affordability of mortgages rea...

Northern Rock launches 90% m...

February 28, 2011

Northern Rock has launched a range of mortgages for people borrowing up to 90 per cent of the property value – in a bid to help first time buyers get on the property ladder. The bank, which was...

Glimmer of hope for first ti...

February 23, 2011

If you are a first time buyer, the last couple of years have been tough.  A sharp reduction in the number of mortgages available to people with a small deposit coupled with ever increasingly stri...

Halifax to pay ?500m to mort...

February 22, 2011

Leading mortgage lender Halifax has agreed to pay out compensation totalling £500 million, after failingto clearly inform more than half a million customers about potential increases on its stan...