Mortgage borrowing curbed by...

March 21, 2011

Mortgage borrowers face some tough financial decisions as lenders look at their spending power rather than their borrowing ability to repay home loans.   Applying for a mortgage has focussed on h...

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...