Bank of England reports flat mortgage lending

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, [...]

Mortgage lending figures plunge 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 [...]

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 [...]

Home owners have no equity to remortgage

Home owners have so little equity left in the homes after the credit crisis that they are struggling to remortgage, experts warned.
The latest lending statistics suggested the number of people who remortgaged their homes in June was just 27,000, down 20 per cent on a year earlier.

The number of loans approved for those buying a [...]

Retired home owners face repossession as banks refuse to extend mortgages

Hundreds of thousands of retired home owners face have having their homes repossessed as banks refuse to extend their mortgage terms.Lenders have imposed tight age restrictions on elderly borrowers who have been unable to pay off their mortgage before reaching retirement.

Falls in their investments as a result of the worst economic crisis in a generation [...]

House prices starting to fall say surveyors

House prices are starting to fall, the latest survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) has said.
It is the first time since July last year that its monthly survey has detected a downturn in prices.

Rics said this was because more homes were being put up for sale, while inquiries from potential new buyers [...]

New mortgages and re-mortgages are still being rationed by lenders

Mortgage lenders are contining to ration their home loans to home buyers and re-mortgagers.
The number of deals on offer has risen by 66% this year, from 1,414 in January to 2,351 now, says the financial information service Moneyfacts.

But 58% of the deals available still require a downpayment of at least 25% of the value of [...]

Pensioners use home equity to release funds

Whilst UK homeowners increased the value of their stakes in their properties by £3.2bn home equity releases by pensioners were used to fund debts.A recent survey by Age UK suggested that equity withdrawal was still being used by some sections of society as a last resort to pay off debts, or to find money when [...]

Mortgage defaults fall unexpectedly says Bank of England

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 [...]

Cost of remortgage interest rates continue to fall- Bank of England

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 [...]

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