Mortgages

Mortgage lending at lowest level for ten years  new

Mortgage lending fell to its lowest level for November for a decade as demand remained "heavily constrained", figures showed today.

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Bright Spot: The central London property market is expected to show a stronger recovery than most of the rest of the country

Chill headwinds blast through the housing market

Sunday, 19 December 2010

Cuts, rising unemployment and falling confidence mean the market is still on a knife-edge. Julian Knight reports

Mortgage Misery: Brits are taking advantage of US foreclosures such as this one in Florida

British buyers snap up US repossessions

Sunday, 12 December 2010

The collapse of large sections of the American housing market has given property hunters in the UK a lucrative investment opportunity. Chiara Cavaglieri reports

Lenders urged to help military families

Wednesday, 8 December 2010

Lenders are being urged by the Government to help armed forces personnel get mortgages after a review found a "significant percentage" found it hard to secure finance.

Rents soar amid loan drought

Wednesday, 1 December 2010

Rents are rising at their fastest rate for three years as demand for homes to let soars, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics).

Mortgage approvals dip to eight-month low

Tuesday, 30 November 2010

The housing market seems set to remain in the doldrums for some months yet, with the latest Bank of England figures on home loans showing few signs of life. Fresh readings on consumer confidence also suggest a slippage.

Mortgage approvals fall for sixth month running

Monday, 29 November 2010

The number of mortgages approved for house purchase fell for the sixth month in a row during October as buyers continued to stay away from the property market.

October house sales down 10,000 on last year

Thursday, 25 November 2010

Further evidence of the slowdown in the property market has emerged with HM Revenue & Customs reporting that just 79,000 residential properties changed hands in the UK in October.

Lord Turner told the Treasury Select Committee that 'easy credit' was not necessarily good for the housing market

Turner offers little hope for first-time buyers

Wednesday, 24 November 2010

Sean O'Grady: FSA chairman denies authority is creating a 'mortgage famine'.

Nationwide warns of further house price falls

Wednesday, 24 November 2010

House prices will remain flat at best and could fall further by early next year, Nationwide warned yesterday.

Dip in house sales takes gloss off US growth figures

Wednesday, 24 November 2010

The US economy expanded at a faster pace than previously estimated during the third quarter, official figures showed yesterday, but recovery hopes were tempered by evidence that the housing market remains hamstrung by tight credit conditions.

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