September 2009 Archive
How much is HSBC's £1.5bn? - 30/09/2009 13:12
£1.5 billion for first-time buyers - or least buyers wanting 90 per cent mortgages - certainly sounds high. |
HSBC pledges £1.5bn to 90% mortgages
HSBC has pledged to increase the amount of cash lent on 90 per cent mortgages to £1.5 billion. |
Councils must be told about repossessions
New rules on repossessions means councils must be told if a home is being lost. |
What is going on in property? - 29/09/2009 14:18
The property and mortgage markets are seemingly at an impasse. |
Could Mervyn cut rates further?
Speculation is mounting that the Bank of England could cut interest rates even further next week. |
Mortgage approvals drop
Mortgage approvals for home buyers were steady in August and remortgaging dropped. |
Million more homes needed to stop next boom
The housing shortfall is set to hit one million homes in 2010. |
HSBC gives mortgage boost to homebuyers
HSBC is making £500million available to help homebuyers with ten per cent deposits move up, or on to, the housing ladder. |
Sale and rent back to face tough new rules
Regulators today unveiled tough new rules to protect sale-and-rent back customers. |
Leeds Building Society: New 2-year mortgages
A two-year base rate tracker and a fixed-rate loan have this week become the latest additions to Leeds Building Society's mortgage collection. |
Homebuyer mortgage approvals up 81%, remortgages down 47%
Homebuyer mortgage approvals rose 81 per cent in the last year, but remortgage approvals are down 47 per cent. |
Big mortgage lenders leave customers unsatisfied
Mortgage lenders are improving when it comes to customer satisfaction, but the high street heavies are struggling to keep borrowers smiling. |
Low tracker mortgage rates could be lost opportunity
Homeowners on low tracker and variable rate mortgage deals are being urged to use the drop in repayments to overpay. |
Clydesdale and Yorkshire banks: 2.99% mortgage
Clydesdale and Yorkshire banks are launching new discounted variable mortgages with rates starting at 2.99 per cent. |
House sales dropped in August
August saw a drop in the number of homes sold - as the property market saw a hard summer. |
Mortgage lenders hold up rates for first-time buyers
First-time buyers who can't rustle up a sizeable deposit will be stung my mortgage lenders. |
What would Lib Dem £1m mansion tax do?
The Lib Dems grabbed the headlines today with a new policy of taxing all owners of properties worth over £1 million. |
Lib Dems push £1m property tax
The Liberal Democrats today unveiled plans fro a new UK property tax on homes worth over £1 million. |
Asking prices back up in September as properties disappear from market
September has seen a rise in property asking prices after a drop in August. |
False dawn for property or not? - 18/09/2009 13:22
Mortgage lending fell back this summer - although it was hardly racing away and is set to remain depressed for some time. |
Mortgage lending drops in summer
Mortgage lending in August dropped back this summer as home hunters headed on holiday and away from the market. |
First Direct mortgage: A flexible fix
First Direct is offering a range of fixed-rate offset mortgages which the lender is hailing as a secure but flexible home loan. |
Dragon Caan to offer home buyers £1bn interest-free loans
Dragon's Den star James Caan is set to offer home buyers interest-free loans to cover stamp duty and legal fees. |
Is 1.98% at Woolwich worth taking? - 16/09/2009 13:00
Barclays has stepped up to HSBC's 1.99 per cent mortgage by offering one at 1.98 per cent. |
Barclays drops Woolwich mortgage rate to 1.98%
Barclays has cut interest rates on its range of Woolwich mortgages. |
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