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Home buyers will find it even harder to obtain a mortgage in the coming months the Bank of England warns.Its quarterly survey of lending activity shows that lenders are going to be even fussier about prospective customers. “Lenders expected a tightening of credit scoring criteria for granting new secured loans to households,” the Bank said. It said [...] Will the UK property market be even more depressed in 2012 than it was in 2011?Commentators and analysts expect sales to stay low – perhaps even lower than they have been in the past year. And prices are expected by most observers to fall a little – though some predict larger drops of up to 10% [...] The cost of renting a home in England and Wales fell for the first time in 10 months in November, a survey has found.Rent at a typical property dropped by 0.4% compared with October, to £717 a month, LSL Property Services said. However, a tenant still typically paid 3.5% – or £25 – more in rent [...] Mortgage lenders have raised concerns about potential changes to the way support is given to those struggling to pay their mortgage.The government is reviewing the Support for Mortgage Interest Scheme, where homeowners who lose their jobs may receive financial help. It says the programme, which costs £400 million a year, is unsustainable. The Support for Mortgage Interest [...] First time buyers will no longer receive an exemption from stamp duty from March 2012 as the government says the relief is “ineffective”.Documents with Chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn Statement reveal the view that the tax relief failed to get more people on the property ladder. The temporary exemption meant first time buyers were free from the [...] UK house prices have remained “surprisingly resilient” in recent months with values rising again in November- the Nationwide has found.It said the average home rose in value by 0.4% in November to £165,798. This was a 1.6% year on year increase, according to the figures based on Nationwide’s own mortgage data. Meanwhile, the number of mortgages [...] Mortgage interest rates could start to rise again as a result of the turmoil in the eurozone brokers are warning.Some lenders, including Woolwich, Halifax and Santander, have pushed up their tracker rates for new borrowers. This increase follows a rise in the rate at which banks lend to each other – Libor – which has been [...] The number of new mortgages approved for home buyers, but not yet lent, fell in September for the first time in five months.The Bank of England said approvals for home buyers were 50,967 in September, down 1,380 or 3% from August. The figures suggest that this year’s modest revival in sales has ended and that mortgage [...] Average private sector housing rents in England and Wales rose by another 0.7% last month, to hit a new monthly high of £718, a report has said.It means rents have risen by 4.3% in the past 12 months, with tenants paying an average £29 a month more than they were a year ago. The figures were [...] The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) was unanimous in voting for another £75 billion of quantitative easing (QE) to support the weak UK economy.Minutes from the MPC’s meeting earlier show members considered injecting between £50 billion and £100 billion. The committee cited a sharp deterioration in the international outlook as a key factor. The vote [...] Registered Office in England, 24 Charlton Drive, GL53 8ES, UK- 3506015 • Data Protection Registration Number- PZ5407728
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