Mortgage News

July saw slight improvement in mortgage lending

Sep 26th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Mortgage News

A recent report has shown that there was a slight upturn in mortgage lending for the month of July, with mortgage lending levels said to have risen by 5%. Mortgage lending levels have been in decline for some months as a result of the global credit crunch which has seen a reduction in mortgage products [...]



Wealthy buyers take advantage of difficult conditions in housing market

Sep 25th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Mortgage News

Most people are aware that conditions in the housing market have become increasingly difficult over recent months, and with the mortgage sector still suffering the effects of the global credit crunch and with house prices falling, many homeowners have found that it is difficult or impossible to sell their homes. Estate agents have reported the [...]



Sellers knocking a fortune off asking prices

Sep 23rd, 2008 | By admin | Category: Mortgage News

According to a recent report homeowners that are trying to sell their homes are knocking a fortune off the asking price in order to secure a sale in what have become very difficult conditions in the housing market. House prices have been falling month on month for some time now, but despite this many sellers [...]



May mortgage approval levels plummet

Sep 22nd, 2008 | By admin | Category: Mortgage News

A recent report showed how mortgage approval levels for new home buyers in the UK plummeted in May, further reflecting the ongoing housing and mortgage slump that has come about as a result of the global credit crunch. House prices have been falling for some months now, and mortgage availability has been getting tighter Officials [...]



House prices continue to fall

Sep 21st, 2008 | By admin | Category: Mortgage News

According to recent reports house prices in the UK have continued their downward spiral for the month of June, with a number of leading mortgage lenders and banks publishing figures that make for gloomy reading. One of the latest lenders to release house prices figures for June was the Halifax, which confirmed that house prices [...]



House builders have to slash jobs

Sep 20th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Mortgage News

A couple of high profile, well known house builders have recently had to slash their workforce by around 40% as a result of the housing market, which has all but ground to a halt due to lack of property sales and plummeting house prices. Property sales have now plummeted because many people are unable to [...]



Next two years could see house prices nosedive

Sep 16th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Mortgage News

A recent report has suggested that house prices in the UK could fall by around one third by 2010, which would mean that within a couple of years many homeowners could see thousands of pounds wiped off the value of their homes. Officials from Deloitte recently released the report indicating that house prices could nosedive [...]



Negative equity threatens 1.7 million

Sep 15th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Mortgage News

According to a recent report around 1.7 million people are facing the threat of negative equity if house prices continue falling at the same rate as they have been for the past few months. Officials from Standard and Poor have predicted that over the next year house prices could fall by a further 17%, and [...]



Some Londoners could find it more difficult to sell their homes

Sep 14th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Mortgage News

Many Londoners could find it increasingly difficult to sell their homes if they live near to the Thames, if new plans that have been proposed come into force. The new plans will require homeowners who are selling their properties to inform potential buyers of any flood risk. This has been proposed by Sir Michael Pitt, [...]



Fall in number of mortgage approvals for homebuyers

Sep 13th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Mortgage News

According to recent figures there has been a significant fall in the number of mortgage approvals for homebuyers. Recent figures have shown that mortgage approval levels for homebuyers have fallen by around 64% over the past year. According to officials from the Bank of England approval levels for homebuyers have dropped to levels last seen [...]