Britain's major high street banks are still falling short of customers' expectations when it comes to service, according to new research.
Over half of would-be first-time buyers cite affordability as the main barrier to getting a foot on the property ladder - but conditions for this group are showing marked improvements, one lender has claimed.
Gross mortgage lending in the UK rose by five per cent between June and July to top £13.6 billion - but the market is likely to be slow for the rest of the year.
Gross mortgage lending by the UK's building societies topped £1.9 billion during July, according to the latest figures from one industry body.
Property prices in England and Wales climbed by 0.4 per cent between June and July, according to the latest figures from the Land Registry.
The average asking price for a UK home fell by 1.7 per cent, or £4,091, during August.
Despite new figures showing a drop in property repossessions during the second quarter of the year, a national debt charity has warned that the number of households losing their home is likely to rise over the next 12 months.
House price growth slowed considerably during the second quarter of the year, according to new government figures.
UK house prices suffered their first monthly decline in a year during July, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) has said.
A recent fall in asking prices for houses is "good news" for the country's first-time buyers, but there is still a gulf between the cost of a typical home and what many new entrants to the market can afford, according to one expert.
The average cost of a UK home rose by 0.
The UK's building societies approved gross mortgage lending worth £1.
There was some great news for first-time buyers recently when the government announced it would be suspending stamp duty for anyone making their first property purchase.
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The property market has shown signs of stabilising in recent months with prices even beginning to recover to previous levels seen before the credit crunch.
Katie Tucker is the technical manager for Mortgageforce, providing all technical and 'Best Buys' rate data on mortgages and the economic environment to their national team of mortgage consultants.
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Remortgaging a house is a big step when it comes to your personal finances - and if you have a holiday home or other property abroad that you wish to release equity from, there are several things to think about before you do so.
Skipton Building Society has announced the launch of new fixed-rate mortgages.
Coventry Building Society has slashed rates across a number of its fixed-rate residential mortgages.
Cash Back mortgages provide borrowers with a lump sum of money when they take out a mortgage.
Every mortgage lender has a standard variable rate (SVR) - this is its very own interest rate which it sets itself.
Commercial mortgages are loans for the purchase of a property which is to be used for business purposes.
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