One of the world’s biggest finance companies has pulled its self certification mortgage range from the market with immediate effect. The huge lender has their fingers in many different financial pies all around the world which means their UK self-cert l...

Equity has long been the golden egg of the property investing world. Build up enough equity in your property portfolio and you will never need to work again. Countless celebrity investors and seminar givers have championed the call for us all to buy prope...

Recent news has emerged regarding the staff of a well known lender finding themselves in a position in which they cannot refinance their own homes. Such a circumstance is quite ironic in addition to being ridiculous and shameful. The staff may not be the ...

The Financial Services Authority has been slowly ramping up its operations to target mortgage fraud in the UK by gathering enough evidence to successfully prosecute perpetrators. High on the list is fraud involving adverse credit mortgage products. This t...

Approvals for home loans in the UK have hit the lowest level ever recorded for a single month. The blame has been set squarely on the credit crunch as lenders are not only finding it difficult to obtain the funds to lend to home owners but they seem unwil...

If you’re a homeowner, you’ll know only too well the cost of owning a house. With ongoing maintenance costs, council tax and more, often being a homeowner is at the expense of things like holidays and new cars. However, this needn’t be the case, wit...

The Treasury has recently warned financial services firms to tighten their belts with regards to gaps in their services which could lead to money laundering activities by their clients. In particular the Government is targeting self-certification mortgage...

With over a million UK householders reaching the end of their fixed rate mortgage deals this year the market for remortgages should be heating up. Instead, the market has cooled as the effects of the global credit crunch slowly erode the confidence and pr...

There are many different ways you can negatively affect your credit history. If you cause enough damage to your credit file you may be forced to apply for adverse credit mortgages when looking to buy or remortgage your home. You should therefore be carefu...

One of the key reasons for anyone buying a house is because it can turn out to be one of the best investments you’ll ever make. Everyone’s heard of the saying “invest in property”, and that’s exactly what you’re doing when you buy your own hom...

In recent years a new type of mortgage product has entered the UK market – foreign currency mortgages. These mortgages are designed to help home owners save money on their home loan by saving on interest payments and reducing the balance through changes...

Saving for a deposit to buy a home can be difficult during times of high property prices. This is particularly the case when the average price of a property rises above four times the average salary. This can make the task of saving for a deposit take sev...

With the uncertainty of the job market in the UK today, more and more people are turning to working for themselves. While this can be a positive step in that it means you don’t answer to anyone but yourself, it can also open up another set of problems. ...

With more than half of the UK population having more than what’s classed as “manageable debt”, it’s perhaps not surprising that bad credit mortgages are becoming more widespread. Getting onto the property market can be hard enough, but with a low ...

According to figures, 10% of all homes bought in 2006 were via the buy-to-let mortgage option. Accounting for over £17.5 billion, it’s a number that looks set to grow, if 2007’s trends are anything to go by. Looking at what a buy-to-let mortgage offe...