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Spotlight on: Leeds' 5-year fixed mortgage

25 August 2012 12:00 AM

The deal

Santander increases mortgage rate

22 August 2012 03:25 PM

Thousands of Santander customers were facing a hike in mortgage costs today after the lender increased its standard variable rate by half a per cent.

Choice of mortgage deals shrinks, research finds

22 August 2012 12:33 PM

The choice of mortgages for people with a 10% deposit has shrunk by almost a quarter in six months, while the number of deals for borrowers with a 5% deposit has nearly halved, research found today.

Persimmon lifted by boost for first-time buyers

22 August 2012 12:00 AM

The latest efforts to kick-start a moribund mortgage market for first-time buyers are finally gaining momentum after a slow start, the boss of housebuilder Persimmon said yesterday.

Mortgage loans up in June

21 August 2012 12:00 AM

Banks and building societies handed out £12.7bn in mortgage loans during July as the homes lending market picked up by 8 per cent after a Jubilee-affected June, according to statistics from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML).

Interest-only mortgages are much harder to obtain than they were during the market boom

Mortgage market still 'see-sawing'

20 August 2012 11:24 AM

The mortgage market has continued to “see-saw” this summer after new figures showed an 8% rise in lending between June and July.

Schoeneich needs to work out how much she will need to save and for how long

Wealth Check: 'How can I save for a house deposit?'

19 August 2012 12:00 AM

With a tiny debt and fledgling savings, an analyst is now planning to buy a home, but she mustn't lose sight of her retirement needs, say advisers

Money Insider: First-time buyers boost for flagging mortgage market

18 August 2012 12:00 AM

A surge in new mortgages to first-time buyers was the only bright spot among the latest official mortgage figures released this week. The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) numbers for June were nothing to get excited about, with total lending down 6 per cent on last month at £11.7bn and 7 per cent lower than last June.

Spotlight On: Skipton fixed-rate mortgages

18 August 2012 12:00 AM

The deal

HSBC withdraws lowest-rate mortgage deal

17 August 2012 12:54 PM

A five-year mortgage deal which had a record low rate when it was launched a month ago was withdrawn from sale today.

Gap between house prices and salaries is widening, says report

17 August 2012 08:27 AM

The cost of buying a home in England has rocketed by more than three times the rate of the average salary in the space of a decade, a study found today.

Lenders and estate agents reported a flurry of activity among first-time buyers in early 2012 before a stamp duty concession for this sector ended in March

Increased number of first-time-buyer mortgages

14 August 2012 05:39 PM

A major building society has reported that its first-time buyer mortgage approvals increased by almost a third in the first half of 2012.

Post Office unveils mortgages drive

09 August 2012 12:03 PM

People visiting the Post Office will be able to apply for a mortgage deal under plans announced today.

Home repossessions set to rise

08 August 2012 03:42 PM

Home repossession figures are expected to show an increase tomorrow as the troubled economy starts to take its toll on households.

HSBC's 2.99 per cent five-year mortgage was among the first moves in the battle to attract borrowers

Record low rates shake-up mortgages

05 August 2012 12:00 AM

The big lenders have launched a pricing war, but it is still the 'cream' of borrowers who are reaping the benefits. Chiara Cavaglieri reports

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