Quick Fixes May Leave Mortga...

February 21, 2011

Mortgage hunters need to take care before jumping in to a fixed rate too early, warns theNationwide. Industry pundits are predicting Bank of England interest rate rises – but the Nationwide says...

February sees house prices r...

February 21, 2011

A new survey shows that asking prices for properties in England and Wales jumped 3.1 per cent inthe last month, as sellers anticipated a hike in demand with the approach of spring – traditionall...

Home buyers struggle as mort...

February 18, 2011

Mortgage lending plummeted again in January – by 13% from December to a miserly £9.2billion, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML). The lending figure is £1.4 billion do...

Shadow Chancellor’s wa...

February 18, 2011

Labour’s Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls has warned that the governor of the Bank of England shouldbe wary of being drawn into the political arena and allying the Bank too closely to the current gove...