News

• Conflicting data on house prices
• Published: March 16, 2009
• Rightmove have today released data which conflicts with other major house price indices, and reports an increase in the last month. The survey, which ...

• CML wants simplified Homebuy
• Published: March 11, 2009
• In a report released yesterday the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) urged the government to simplify the various Homebuy affordable housing schemes. ...

• Coventry announce new capped rate mortgage
• Published: March 04, 2009
• In a statement earlier this morning, the Coventry Building Society announced changes to their current range of mortgages, including the introduction o...

• Woolwich change mortgage rates
• Published: March 03, 2009
• In what is seen as an attempt to pre-empt any reduction in the Bank of England base rate later this week, the Woolwich have today made sweeping change...

• Full effects of base rate cuts not yet evident
• Published: February 25, 2009
• Whilst mortgage costs have fallen for some borrowers, the full effects of the cuts in Bank base rate is not yet evident according to Andrew Sentance w...

• Could Northern Rock go from sinner to saint
• Published: February 23, 2009
• As a result of an announcement earlier today, Northern Rock may bizarrely go from sinner to saint and become the saviour of the UK mortgage market. Ha...

• Coventry Building Society launches pragmatic solution
• Published: February 18, 2009
• The Coventry Building Society has today announced a surprisingly pragmatic solution to some customers reaching the end of their current mortgage deal....

• House buyers more enthusiastic
• Published: February 17, 2009
• House buyers in the United Kingdom are becoming more enthusiastic according to the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). In a statement relea...

• Abbey launch new mortgage range
• Published: February 13, 2009
• Abbey have announced the launch of a new mortgage range available immediately. The changes include a reduction to some two and three year fixed rates,...

• Lowest house purchase mortgages for thirty four years
• Published: February 12, 2009
• In a report published today, the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) reported the lowest number of new mortgages for house purchase in the last thirty f...