Mortgage News

Labour Puts Housing at the Top of its Agenda

One of the first things that Gordon brown did following his confirmation as leader of the labour party was a pledge to make housing one of his priorities and promised a property owning democracy that would be open to everyone.
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Does Buy to Let still work in the South East??

In recent years the Buy to Let market has been booming, there are many professional landlords and there are a number of people who are using a portfolio of properties, which are let out as an alternative to a traditional pension scheme. There is a traditional school of thought that backs the old, adage of “money is safest in bricks and mortar.”
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Lack of savings increase the need for 100% Mortgages.

Recent research has shown that many first time buyers are finding it hard to save up the levels of deposit that are required to get the first step on the house buying ladder.
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IVA’s: Are they working or is it seen as the easy way out for debtors by their creditors???

It has recently been reported in the national press that some of the major IVA providers in the UK have issued profit warnings, whilst others are looking at diversifying into other related markets.
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Are Consumers being misled by Best-Buy tables?

During the Building Societies Association (BSA) annual conference, there was a large amount of criticism pointed towards the way in which the tables can be manipulated.
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Reasons behind the change, can we expect more to come?

We have all had our lives affected in one way or another by the recent increase in base rates, but do we all know why this has happened?
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