For every ten homes sold last month one was a remortgage. Until more mortgages arranged are remortgages each month I very doubt that property prices will drop any further. The reason for the house prices being unreasonably buoyant is due to the fact that for every ten houses sold only six new homes are coming [...]

Money saving tipster says if you still believe that eating crusts will make your hair curl and that elephants are afraid of mice, you might also be clinging to some myth about credit - and that could be harming your chances of getting the deals you need when it comes to a homeowner loans, unsecured [...]

Getting a mortgage is going to be a lot tougher - particularly for people with a less-than-perfect credit history or anyone whose income has previously been self-certified. The money saving expert recently heard the account of a lady who had missed one credit card payment and a council tax payment in the last twelve months. [...]

At a time when all mortgage lenders have shown us they do not have an appetite to lend money, along comes the Nationwide with a pioneering new niche mortgage product for their existing borrowers. Last month they introduced their ground-breaking negative equity mortgage to their clients. This will allow their borrowers to borrow up to [...]

The mortgage market remains in a state of quandary with changing opinions and advice being given by the money and savings experts. This recession is proving to be deeper and more unforgiving than the previous. Mortgage Brain who provides a mortgage sourcing system which is used by professional mortgage brokers has said that the number [...]

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The Bank of England base rate remains at 0.5% for the third consecutive month there are warnings recommending that higher fixed rate mortgage deals are on the horizon. Borrowers are reluctant to remortgage now due to the low interest rates they have with their current mortgage deals. This benefits borrowers on tracker rate, discounted [...]

Some Buy-to-Let landlords have been hardest hit by the current downturn in the economy and are losing properties by three times the rate of ordinary homeowners. Landlords saw the housing boom as an easy way to make money and many felt that the property boom would never end or so they thought. It seems that [...]

Recently Equity Release Schemes have become very popular amongst homeowners who have found themselves to be equity rich but income poor. In other words they have homes that are worth a lot of money but have a little income or money to live on each month.  Most homeowners have seen their homes more than double [...]

The effect of the global economic downturn is having serious consequences for homeowners through out the UK. Homeowners with families are worried about not being able to pay their mortgage commitments as their jobs are affected by the recession. Expert advice and help is being sought by people from all walks of life that are [...]

First-time buyers are finding themselves in a predicament with falling house prices as the housing market becomes more affordable. Expert opinion is they are being squeezed out of home ownership by the very large deposit they are required to have in order to secure their first mortgage.  Saving up to £25,000 for a deposit takes [...]

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