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...

Emergency talks on housing m...

February 18, 2011

Stagnant house prices, lenders who are reluctant to agree mortgages and a huge jump in the size of deposit needed to buy have been major barriers to first time buyers over recent months.  Now, th...

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...

Mortgage lenders throw lendi...

February 17, 2011

Mortgage lenders are responding to cries of help with the cost of buying a home by offering more loans needing smaller deposits to first time buyers and movers. The number of high loan-to-value mortga...