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Friday, March 18, 2005
UK Feb mortgage approvals jump to highest level since Aug - BSA (The Forex Market)
UK Feb mortgage approvals jump to highest level since Aug - BSA (The Forex Market)
LONDON (AFX) - The UK property market showed signs of a renewed spurt in February with mortgage approval levels jumping to the highest level since August last year, data from the Building Societies Association showed.
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
Stamp duty threshold will rise to £100,000
Stamp duty threshold will rise to £100,000
THE Chancellor is set to lift the threshold for stamp duty from £60,000 to £100,000 to help first-time buyers who feel they are being priced out of the housing market.
Monday, March 14, 2005
British housebuilder hails UK interest rate stability (Sunday Business Post)
British housebuilder hails UK interest rate stability (Sunday Business Post)
Bovis Homes today said the Bank of England’s decision to leave the cost of borrowing on hold since last summer had helped boost trading this year.
Wednesday, March 09, 2005
Rising mortgage rates may cool UK housing market (Times of Malta)
Rising mortgage rates may cool UK housing market (Times of Malta)
Recent signs of a stabilisation in the British housing market may be short-lived if high street mortgage rates over the past week are anything to go by.
Tuesday, March 08, 2005
FSA under fire over rogue mortgage brokers
FSA under fire over rogue mortgage brokers
THE City watchdog is failing in its attempt to clamp down on unauthorised mortgage brokers, it has been claimed.
Sunday, March 06, 2005
Buy-to-let: it's worth playing safe
Buy-to-let: it's worth playing safe
RECENT converts to buy-to-let have included swathes of people previously let down by equities. But anyone hoping to make a success of residential property investment must understand the resonance between the principles that underpin stone and mortar and...
Thursday, March 03, 2005
YOUR MORTGAGE: SWITCH WAY TO SAVE (Daily Mirror)
YOUR MORTGAGE: SWITCH WAY TO SAVE (Daily Mirror)
MANY people are unaware of just how much they could save if they switched mortgages. Sam Braybrook and Michelle Atkinson saved £200 a month simply by switching mortgage deals.
Wednesday, March 02, 2005
House prices show slight increase (BBC News)
House prices show slight increase (BBC News)
UK house prices rose 0.5% in February with the annual rise slowing to its lowest level since June 2001, says Nationwide.
Sunday, February 27, 2005
High price for hunting down lowest-interest mortgages
High price for hunting down lowest-interest mortgages
MOST homebuyers who want to save money tend to look at the headline interest rate when it comes to moving their loans, but they would be wise to look beyond this rate.
Saturday, February 26, 2005
Bank champions home buyers with call for stamp duty reform
Bank champions home buyers with call for stamp duty reform
ONE of Britain's biggest banks has broken new territory by launching a consumer campaign on behalf of first-time home buyers.
Friday, February 25, 2005
Mortgage lending hits six-year low (Evening Standard)
Mortgage lending hits six-year low (Evening Standard)
THE number of people taking mortgages to buy homes dropped to its lowest level for six years in January, confirming that the property boom is well and truly over.
Mortgages Consume 20% Of Our Income (The Motley Fool UK via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance)
Mortgages Consume 20% Of Our Income (The Motley Fool UK via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance)
Market Comment By Alison Hunt
Thursday, February 24, 2005
Pay Less When Remortgaging (The Motley Fool UK via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance)
Pay Less When Remortgaging (The Motley Fool UK via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance)
Theres an insurance premium payable on mortgages that you may not have heard about - you may not even realise youve paid it. The good news is there are ways to avoid it and save some money!
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Free loans to ease homes crisis
Free loans to ease homes crisis
DESPERATE first-time buyers will be offered interest-free loans by their local council to help them on to the housing ladder, it emerged yesterday.
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Let us raise the standard of honest dealing
Let us raise the standard of honest dealing
Scotland's property sale system has much to commend it. But a standard contract would add fairness for buyer and seller, writes MARJORIE TOWNSEND
UK house price inflation steady in February (Times of Malta)
UK house price inflation steady in February (Times of Malta)
Asking prices on homes rose 2.3 per cent from mid-January to mid-February even as a flood of new properties came up for sale, property website Rightmove says.
Sunday, February 20, 2005
Mortgage cowboys revealed (The Scotsman via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Mortgage cowboys revealed (The Scotsman via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
A NATIONWIDE crackdown on unauthorised brokers has revealed as many as 100 firms in Edinburgh and Glasgow are arranging mortgages illegally.
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
Budget set to cut taxes for first-time buyers
Budget set to cut taxes for first-time buyers
TAX cuts to help first-time buyers get on the property ladder are set to be unveiled in next month's Budget.
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Owners pay higher fees to switch mortgages (The Herald)
Owners pay higher fees to switch mortgages (The Herald)
LENDERS have increased fees for people switching mortgages by an average of more than 40% over the past six months in an attempt to maximise profits while the housing market cools, a new survey has found.
Saturday, February 12, 2005
Coventry launches new offset mortgage
Coventry launches new offset mortgage
Coventry launches new offset mortgage Coventry Building Society has launched a new offset mortgage with a fixed rate of 5.35 per cent until 31 March 2007.
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