Banking‘I paid my mortgage for 36 years – and still lost my home to the bank’March 12, 2024138In Mr Fleming’s case, his interest-only mortgage repayments nearly tripled after his mortgage was sold in 2015 – from £670...
EconomyHunt forced to abandon plans for first-time buyer giveawayMarch 1, 202459House prices have risen by more than 30pc in that time, meaning many young people are forced to pay a...
BankingPlans for 99pc mortgages scrapped after backlash from banksFebruary 29, 202480On top of this, Mr Cook estimated that the rate on a 99pc mortgage could be around 0.5 percentage points...
MortgagesThese 1pc deposit mortgages are a desperate bribeJanuary 23, 202461Greater demand without any significant measures to address squeezed supply will make the dream of home ownership for many people...
MortgagesHow France’s socialist mortgage cap backfired on MacronJanuary 13, 202428Jason Porter, of the financial adviser Blevins Franks, agreed that lenders across the board – right from standard residential to...
BankingHSBC first big bank to offer sub-4pc mortgages as rate war heats upJanuary 3, 202483He added: “These cuts are just the latest salvo in an increasingly fast-moving market. HSBC’s move is notable in that...
MortgagesThe areas where first-time buyers outnumber owners moving homeNovember 25, 202381Richard Donnell, executive director of research at Zoopla, says that even though the share of homes bought by first-time buyers...
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CryptocurrencyHow the super-rich are beating the mortgage crisis – and cashing inSeptember 10, 202342Yet while the super-rich are best placed to beat the mortgage crisis, even the modestly wealthy are finding ways to...
Banking‘I’ve taken out a 40-year mortgage – I’m banking on rates going down’September 3, 202338Elliot Benson, an adviser at Sett Mortgages, said many of his clients have taken out 40-year mortgage terms.He said: “The...