Category Archives: mortgages

First NewBuy sale

Posted on May 14, 2012 by admin

Bovis Homes is celebrating after announcing the country’s first NewBuy sale. It says that a Cambridgeshire buyer has purchased an apartment with lender Nationwide through the NewBuy scheme, which provides prospective buyers with a 95% mortgage and predicts it will be … Continue reading →

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Are your rates safe?

Posted on May 10, 2012 by admin

The papers are full at the moment of stories suggesting that some mortgage lenders are doing all in their power to try and get their rates up. The Manchester Building Society has removed its tracker mortgages from the bank rate … Continue reading →

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A nation of renters?

Posted on May 2, 2012 by admin

The head of the UK’s biggest estate agent has said that government action is needed to stop us becoming a nation of renters. Are you on the property ladder or are you having to rent? Grenville Turner, chief executive of … Continue reading →

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Increase in mortgage lending

Posted on January 25, 2012 by admin

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has reported that mortgage lending has increased year-on-year, for the fifth month in a row, though it added that there was considerable uncertainty as to the prospects of the housing market during the year … Continue reading →

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