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Santander launches Newbuy mortgages

15th, May, 2012

Santander has launched a range of NewBuy mortgages via intermediaries with established ties to Barratt Homes, Berkeley, Bovis Homes, or Persimmon. The new range of mortgages, available as part of the Government’s NewBuy scheme, are designed to help borrowers trying to get their first step on the property ladder. The NewBuy range offers three, five [...]

Twice the price to be beside the seaside

15th, May, 2012

In the last 10 years house prices have more than doubled in half of the seaside towns surveyed in England and Wales, according to latest research from Halifax. Over the past decade, the average house price in seaside towns rose by 97 per cent, slightly ahead of the 95 per cent increase in the whole [...]

Coventry cuts rates

15th, May, 2012

Coventry Building Society has reduced rates and fees on selected products across its Buy to Let range. Highlights include; Buy to let mortgages 4.30 per cent (reduced from 4.49 per cent), 2 year fixed rate until 31.07.14, 65 per cent LTV, £250 booking fee with no arrangement fee. 3.99 per cent, 2 year fixed rate [...]

CML reports repossessions stable, arrears falling

15th, May, 2012

The number of repossessions in the first quarter of 2012 was 9,600, the same as in the first quarter of 2011, breaking the recent trend of year-on-year increases in repossessions, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders. Repossessions in the first quarter were higher than the 8,700 that took place in the fourth quarter of [...]

Buy-to-let falls in the first quarter of 2012

15th, May, 2012

New buy-to-let lending in the first quarter of this year totalled £3.7 billion (32,300 loans), according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders. This was five per cent down on the fourth quarter of 2011. While 32 per cent higher than in the first quarter of 2011, buy-to-let lending is still only around a third of [...]

3.5 million don’t have adequate home insurance cover

8th, May, 2012

Nearly 3.5 million UK homeowners are putting their homes and possessions at risk by not having adequate home contents and buildings insurance, according to research from MoneySupermarket.com. Britain’s number one comparison site found nearly one in ten homeowners (nine per cent) are missing out on some form of home insurance and only have either buildings [...]

Home owning aspirations on the rise

8th, May, 2012

Despite the housing slump of the last three years, the long term home-owning aspirations of first time buyers are higher than at any time since the 1970s. New research carried out for the AA Home Emergency Response service reveals that of those who have bought their first home in the period since the 2008 housing [...]

Halifax launches Home Finder app

8th, May, 2012

Halifax has launched the UK’s first smartphone app which offers a ‘one stop shop’ for UK house hunters. The app combines property search facilities, mortgage affordability calculators, local area information and property buyers’ guides. Available to download on iPhone, the free Halifax Home Finder app uses state of the art technology to revolutionise the way [...]

DIY spending falls to record low

8th, May, 2012

Spending on DIY has declined to its lowest level in over 15 years amid the continued squeeze on household finances and a subdued housing market, according to research by Lloyds TSB. Households spent a total of £7.8 billion on DIY in 2011 – equivalent to around £300 per household; the lowest total since records began [...]

Lloyds TSB improves first-time buyer fee saver mortgage deal

8th, May, 2012

Lloyds TSB has improved its new fee saver mortgage for first-time buyers, offering borrowers the opportunity to save up to £760 on the cost of their mortgage and an additional £500 cash back incentive. The two-year fixed rate mortgage is offered with rates from 5.99 per centi and is available with an LTV of 85 [...]
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