Lender/General Mortgage News

• Positive outlook for the mortgage market
• Published: April 30, 2008
• A new survey shows that many mortgage lenders and intermediaries are confident about the future prospects of the housing and mortgage markets.
  

• Lenders cut mortgage interest rates
• Published: April 29, 2008
• Natwest and Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) have announced reductions to some of their mortgage interest rates.
  
  All new fixed-rate mortgages and...

• New deal aimed at new buyers
• Published: April 28, 2008
• Nationwide Building Society is to launch a new deal aimed at helping first-time buyers onto the property ladder.
  
  New buyers will receive a &#...

• Farmland prices rise
• Published: April 25, 2008
• People with first-time buyer mortgages may want to consider buying a property on farmland.
  
  New figures show that this section of the housing ...

• New build prices rise
• Published: April 25, 2008
• A new study shows that new property prices increased marginally in March, spelling good news for those with first-time buyer mortgages.
  
  The p...

• Families help those with first time buyer mortgages
• Published: April 24, 2008
• People with first-time buyer mortgages are managing to make it onto the property ladder with some help from their families.
  
  Although it canno...

• Skipton cuts SVR
• Published: April 24, 2008
• Skipton Building Society has announced the reduction of some of its mortgage interest rates.
  
  The firm has lowered is standard variable rate (...

• University towns attractive to those with buy to let mortgages
• Published: April 23, 2008
• People with buy-to-let mortgages have been advised to invest in university towns.
  
  According to the website Buy Association, there are a numbe...

• Housing boost for people with first time buyer mortgages
• Published: April 23, 2008
• The number of properties available on the market rose in March, giving people looking to take out first-time buyer mortgages more choice.
  
  Fig...

• Abbey cuts mortgage interest rates
• Published: April 22, 2008
• Abbey has announced that it is to cut some of its mortgage interest rates.
  
  It follows yesterday's (April 21st) Bank of England announceme...