Interest only re-mortgages being ended by mortgage lenders

More than one million home owners on interest only deals face a sharp rise in interest rates when their current deal expires.
Banks and building societies are increasingly nervous about offering interest only mortgages deals to borrowers, ahead of new lending rules, designed to curb excessive lending.

Coventry Building Society has become the latest mortgage lender to [...]

UK property boom is over with worries about double dip recession

The property boom that home owners have enjoyed during the past year has ended as the latest housing survey shows home buyers retreating over concerns about the economy.
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors said “increased uncertainty” about the economic outlook was making home buyers more cautious.

This reduced demand is combined with an increase in the [...]

RBS raises profit margins on mortgages

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has been accused of making customers pay above average rates on their mortgages despite the nationalised banking group reporting profits.
The bank took billions of pounds in Government support during the credit crisis, but has since recovered to make a net profit of £9 million for the first six months of [...]

Clydesdale and Yorkshire banks error hits mortgage repayment borrowers

Thousands of Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank customers face increased mortgage payments after a miscalculation error.
About 18,000 variable and tracker rate customers are being contacted about the changes, believed to range from less than £25 to hundreds of pounds a month.

The banks, which are both owned by National Australia Bank, said the error was [...]

First time buyers benefiting from cheap mortgage interest rates

With the Bank of England’s interest rates at record lows homeowners’ mortgage payments are also low.
First time buyers are benefiting from relatively cheap rates- if they could raise a significant deposit.

Interest payments accounted for 13.2% of their income, the lowest since March 2004 but finding a large deposit is still a stumbling block for many,

In [...]

Fears for mortgage rate awareness

Three quarters of mortgage holders do not know how an increase in interest rates of one percentage point would affect their budget.
Some do not know what type of mortgage they have or even when it expires, a poll has found.

The survey of 2,262 people was conducted for an education group, the Consumer Financial Education Body.

The [...]

UK house prices wilting in summer as supply blooms

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 [...]

Exhorbitant mortgage arrangement fees- at long last some good news

After several years some UK mortgage lenders are starting to become a bit more competitive with more sensible arrangement fees.
Last week, for example, we had First Direct lowering its mortgage arrangement fees to just £99; which compares remarkably favourably to an industry average of nearly £1,000.

The unprecedented rise in arrangement and other mortgage fees has [...]

Fears over new mortgage squeeze says Bank of England

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 [...]

Mortgage interest rates drop to seven year low

UK mortgage interest rates have dropped to a seven year low, according to new research.
The credit crisis saw mortgage finance dry up, but as Britain emerges out of recession, lenders are beginning to offer cheaper home loans for those with smaller deposits.

Latest figures suggested the average rate on a two year fixed rate mortgage is [...]

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