Shapps outlines house building plans
Housing minister Grant Shapps has unveiled a range of measures to help get more homes built.
National Counties offers 10-year remortgage...
National Counties Building Society has expanded its 10-year fixed rate remortgage by offering the product to borrowers aged up to 75 years, in line with...
Generational divide will cause housing stagnation...
There is a generational divide in the UK property market which is likely to cause housing stagnation in 2012, with young people unable to buy and older...
Ipswich launches 95% mortgage
Ipswich Building Society has joined a small handful of lenders offering 95% LTV mortgages.
Crystal Mortgages celebrates ‘outstanding’...
Crystal Mortgages has hailed 2011 as a defining period in the company’s growth, with terms issued on over £250 million of new business applications...
HSBC reserves £15bn for mortgage borrowers...
During 2012 HSBC intends to make available at least £15 billion in mortgages to UK homeowners, including £3 billion specifically set aside for first-time...
Yorkshire Building Society tops best buy...
According to the round-up for 2011 from Kantar Media’s PressWatch Financial, Yorkshire Building Society offered 1,594 mortgage best buys during the year,...
Mortgage product numbers stabilise
Over the past six months the number of mortgage products listed on Mortgage Brain’s mortgage sourcing system has increased by just 6% - an additional...
More houses coming onto the market
Sales activity remained relatively firm during December and an increasing amount of new stock came onto the housing market, says the latest RICS UK Housing...
NAEA: UK property market will see ‘gradual’...
There will be a ‘gradual’ recovery for the UK property market in 2012, as it continues to bounce along the bottom – with no great upturn to mark...