Mortgage lending jumped in June- allbeit from a very low level, the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has said.The total number of new home loans to house buyers rose by 22% from May, to 46,700.
And those specifically to first time buyers reached a 10 month high, up 24% from May to 18,100.
Although the level of [...]
Interest rates on new mortgage deals have fallen to their lowest level for 23 years since 1988, according to new research.
This is due to lenders finding it cheaper to raise funds in the wholesale financial markets.
This has been due to the expectation that the Bank of England is unlikely to raise its bank rate above [...]
The consumer group Which? has accused banks and building societies of raising interest rates on homeowners who have standard variable rate mortgages.
Which? warns that thousands will be pushed into financial difficulty when interest rates go up.
More than 40% of mortgage borrowers are now on standard variable rates- which generally start after cheap introductory mortgage deals [...]
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