Mortgages
Glimmer of hope for first ti...
If you are a first time buyer, the last couple of years have been tough. A sharp reduction in the number of mortgages available to people with a small deposit coupled with ever increasingly stri...
Halifax to pay ?500m to mort...
Leading mortgage lender Halifax has agreed to pay out compensation totalling £500 million, after failingto clearly inform more than half a million customers about potential increases on its stan...
Quick Fixes May Leave Mortga...
Mortgage hunters need to take care before jumping in to a fixed rate too early, warns theNationwide. Industry pundits are predicting Bank of England interest rate rises – but the Nationwide says...
Emergency talks on housing m...
Stagnant house prices, lenders who are reluctant to agree mortgages and a huge jump in the size of deposit needed to buy have been major barriers to first time buyers over recent months. Now, th...