Articles, tagged with "mortgage approvals", page 4
12th June 2009
This week the latest numbers for mortgages was revealed. Positive news for the number of new mortgages being issued as figures rose across the UK. This is of course good news as it shows lenders have increased lending however we have to be careful not to ...
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Author:
DTM
11th June 2009
News about house prices come every month from various sources and all slightly vary. Here we look at who says what and why.
Let's start with Nationwide and Halifax. Both provide mortgages and their house price figures are based on their mortgage appr...
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Author:
Wheres My Property
04th June 2009
Figures show that the downturn in Britain's mortgage market is crippling homeowners who are trying to get a new loan deal. The number of people succeeding in re-mortgaging has fallen by almost 50 per cent. The most severe drop since the credit crunch bega...
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Author:
michael challiner
29th May 2009
Good news! Property prices increased by 0.9% last month and mortgage approvals rose to 37,937 in February, the highest since May 2008. Whilst this appears to be the end of the property downturn you need to look at the overall picture.
Property prices...
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Author:
Dat
15th May 2009
Having a mortgage approved is getting easier with more mortgage products available and now smaller deposits are required. Good news for house buyers and house sellers.
There are at last signs that the mortgage market is beginning to ease its grip on it...
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Author:
Wheres My Property
12th May 2009
In the past year, the property market has suffered a big blow as a result of the current financial crisis as lenders became more reluctant to approve mortgages.
According to Benjamin Williamson, of the Centre for Economics and Business Research, lendin...
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Author:
Arti
06th May 2009
You may have read in the news today that mortgage lending has fallen again which is a blow for the country as many were hopefully of a recovery in the mortgage market. It may be just a small fluctuation that is common during a recession. It could take...
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Author:
cborthwick9
06th May 2009
It sounds audacious, doesn't it? The best defense against another mortgage debacle requires Joe The Homeowner to take charge of mortgage affordability.
We should have learned by now that we can't rely on Wall Street, financial institutions or banks for...
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22nd April 2009
A financial advice company has revealed that more than half of UK homeowners think that property prices will not increase until at least 2010.
Whilst 18% of respondents believe house prices will not go up until 2011, 40% of people thought the property ...
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Author:
catherine
17th April 2009
Yet again another fall in house prices! Is the doom and gloom in property market ever going to end? The short answer is yes but in our opinion not in the near future and certainly not in 2009. Figures from the major banks did show a rise in mortgage ...
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Author:
devk
10th March 2009
There has been much doom and gloom about the housing market in the news but with it there are also opportunities for some buyers and sellers. Here we round up the latest news on the housing market and look at whether it is yet a time to buy.
Accordin...
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Author:
Wheres My Property
22nd January 2009
House prices tumbled by a further 2.2 per cent in December, after falls of 2.6 per cent in November and 2.4 per cent in October according to figures from Halifax. Market experts had predicted a 1.7 per cent drop in December.
The forecast also suggested...
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Author:
Mildred Parker
31st December 2008
The lending industry will often resort to offering great benefits on some of their products. Most of them may sound too good to be true, but keep on looking, do not act on impulse. There is a great offer and a lot of competition. Learn to distinguish a "b...
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Author:
Amanda Hash
02nd December 2008
Borrowing money is a bit of a sore subject at the moment, many people who need to are unable to because of the current lockdown on lending money in the UK. The reasoning behind this spreads far and wide with bank closures, financial bailouts and years of...
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Author:
Andy Adams
17th October 2008
In 2006 the U.K. was enjoying an economic boom - our economic growth rate outstretching inflation by a strong margin - with further growth predicted. Consumer inflation stood at the 2% mark, wavering to 2.2% towards the end of the year, while our annual g...
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Author:
RicReev