Where Are The Best Interest Rates To day we are certainly seeing some of the best interest rates ever seen in the history of motgage lending. Back in 1975 there was around 5,000 different interest rates available in the UK mortgage market and just before the credit crunch four year ago there were over 18,000 different interest...
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We live in a price-conscious society where we are constantly bombarded by price comparison websites advertising on our Televisions to save money by shopping around. Two adverts that spring to mind in the UK are the opera singer who sings ‘’Go Compare!’’ out aloud and the Cheeky Sergei the Meerkat in the Russian Army...
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Negative Equity Mortgages Return The return of negative equity mortgages has become widespread again due to the collapse in the housing market which happened due to the global downfall of the banking system. The last time we saw mortgaged property worth less than the amount borrowed to purchase them was back in the late...
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Money saving expert believes that the stamp duty holiday on properties costing less than £250,000 is set to become permanent, more homes coming onto the market in the wake of the abolition of Home Information Packs and a few green shoots of economic recovery poking through, now could be the ideal time to take...
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The Council of Mortgage Lenders has today published the latest figures showing that the Buy-to-let market had risen by 12% in the third quarter of 2010. Some 26,900 buy-to-let mortgages worth £2.8 billion were advanced during this period. There are currently around 1.29 million buy-to-let mortgages. Demand for buy-to-let mortgages is being fuelled by...
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Just as the world is warming up, the credit climate has undergone a profound change since the recession took hold the money saving expert has discovered. According to the latest Bank of England figures, around 1.6 million of us apply for some form of credit every month, from loans and cards to mortgages –...
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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...
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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...
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The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has released their mortgage market review discussion paper and they have outlined their proposal for tougher regulations. It is evident that they will be more authoritarian and intrusive in the way they regulate the mortgage industry in future. The FSA want to control the industry as they believe the...
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As this recession tightens its grip on our economy many buy-to-let landlords have found themselves unable to sustain their mortgage commitments to repay their borrowings. The chief executive of the housing charity Shelter says that he is worried about the increase in the number of people seeking advice from his organisation. Many landlords and...
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