Figures from the Bank of England show that the number of mortgages approved for UK home buyers was barely changed in July at 48,722.
The figures reinforce data from lenders and surveys which suggest that prices have reached a plateau after the revival that started in the spring of 2009.
The Bank’s figures show that in July, [...]
Bank of England report shows mortgage lending at it’s second lowest level since records began.
Mortgage lending fell sharply in July as activity in the housing market remained subdued, according to Bank of England figures released today.
Net lending totalled £86m for the month, down from June’s £518m and the second-lowest monthly lending figure since the Bank’s [...]
More families will lose their homes, charities warn, as the Government prepares to reduce the amount of financial support it provides to borrowers by as much as £200 a month.
The latest repossession statistics showed numbers dropping after the Government introduced several measures for home owners who lost their jobs amid the economic downturn.
But some of [...]
Overdue homeowners are warned that a four pronged whammy will see the number of home repossessions increase.
Lenders are losing patience with those in arrears; government support programmes are being cut; the economic recovery will see interest rates increase and potential unemployment figures will continue to grow.
The latest forecast from the Council of Mortgage Lenders [...]
UK homeowners increased the value of their stakes in their properties by £3.2bn in the first three months of 2010, new figures show.
The injection was slightly lower than the £3.4bn increase of the last quarter of 2009, the Bank of England’s figures reveal.
The rise was due to homeowners paying off more of their mortgage and [...]
UK house prices have fallen slightly in the early summer compared with the start of the year, a new survey has found.
Property values dropped by 0.6% in June compared with May, following a 0.5% fall the previous month, the Halifax said.
This meant prices in the second three months of the year were 0.1% lower than [...]
Lenders have warned that homebuyers could face a fresh squeeze on mortgages in the next three months, according to a Bank of England report.
The availability of mortgages has risen since the end of the credit crunch, but anticipated tightening of wholesale funding could reverse the trend.
However, the rate at which mortgage holders and businesses default [...]
The rate at which mortgage holders and businesses default on loans has fallen “unexpectedly”, according to the Bank of England.
The drop in the April-to-June period continues a trend seen with home loans since last year.
However, the Bank’s Credit Conditions Survey said that the default rate was expected to remain unchanged in the third quarter of [...]
The fact that remortgage interest rates are coming down is good news for borrowers as re-mortgage lenders are more comfortable with the new landscape of the remortgage market.Proof of this attitude to lend and is that they are now competing against each other on best buys, something we haven’t seen in the market for some [...]
The cost of fixed rate mortgages fell to a new record low during May as competition continued to return to the market, official figures show.
The average interest rate charged on a two-year fixed-rate deal for a borrower with a 25pc deposit dropped to 3.8pc during the month, according to the Bank of England.
Rates charged on [...]