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Get Rid of your mortgage early
Debt levels rise – but at a slower rate than before.  A new report from Credit Action shows that every single adult in the country owes £30,840 including ..........
10th of July 2009

Green Roots of Recovery
Things are getting easier for mortgage holders and people looking to move house according to the bank of England..........
26th of June 2009

Fixed Rate mortgages on the rise
Fixed rate mortgages are on the rise.  For months mortgage rates for fixed rate mortgages have been at record lows with some less than 3%

Abbey will not disappear completely
The Abbey mortgage name will not disappear from the UK mortgage market completely Santander confirmed yesterday..........
29th of May 2009

The Lowest mortgage costs since 2004
Both Home owners and first time buyers are benefiting from the lowest cost of borrowing money to own a home since 2004.........
15th of May 2009

Base rate held but for how long?
The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee has decided to hold interest rates at 0.5% for the second month.....................
8th of May 2009

Woolwich to increase mortgage lending
Barclays via its Woolwich mortgages brand has announced today that it plans to increase its mortgage lending by £5.5bn in 2009...........
24th of April 2009

Mortgage Lenders Start Returning
Mortgage lenders have started to return to the market with competitive deals at realistic loan to values...........
27th of March 2009

Housing interst up 20%
The NAEA reported a 20% increase in enquiries last month. The figures are also supported by property..........
13th of March 2009

The Bank of Engalnd cuts interest rates to lowest level ever
The Bank of England has cut interest rates to 0.5% this is the lowest level in the 315 year history of the bank. On the same day the ............
5th of March 2009

Coventry building society relaunches 100% mortgages
The Coventry building society has reintroduced 100% mortgages for its exisitng mortgage customers. The 100% mortgage once avalible from many lenders has been completely removed from the market untill this week.
27th of febuary 2009

Estate Agents report sales are up in January
Estate agents have reported that sales are up in January against the autum period.....
13th of febuary 2009

Halifax announce house prices rise by 1.9% in January
Halifax mortgage lenders have released figures showing a surprise 1.9% increase in average UK house price in January. This 1.9% rise offsets the offsets December's 1.6% drop.....
5th of febuary 2009

Bank cuts interst rate to 1%
The Bank of England has cut interest rates to 1%..........
5th of febuary 2009

Bradford and Bingley Nationalised
The goverment has nationalised the Bradford and Bingley bank today stating that it acted quickly to avert any further issues cause by the colapse in its share price and to protect consumer deposits.........
29th of September 08

Nationwide mortgage loans drop
The Nationwide mortgage lender is a UK building society that is solely owned by its members which have reached some 13 million members. It is a shock then to hear that this mortgage lender. ....
23 May 08

Cheap property opportunity as repossessions increase
The number of repossessions in the first quarter of this year has surged when comparred to the same period of time in 2007. ....
9 May 08

Abbey give exclusives to mortgage brokers
Abbey mortgages have relaunched exclusive products available only via mortgage brokers today after having withdrawn them following excessive ....
2 May 08

New First Time Buyer Range From Halifax
Halifax are to launch a new range of mortgage products aimed at First Time buyers on Monday 7th April. The rumors in the industry were that ....
4 April 08

Borrowers urged to remortgage quickly
Home owners who are considering mortgaging in the next six months to take advantage of special introductory periods are being urged to seek advice sooner rather than later ....
19 March 08

Agencies Call for Stamp Duty Threshhold Increase
Many organisations are now calling for Alistair Darling to increase the thresholds for stamp duty in the up and coming budget. The calls come after another base rate hold ....
07 March 08

First Time Buyer Enquiries Drop
The volume of mortgage enquiries from first time buyers has dipped below the volume of enquiries for remortgages according to a leading mortgage leads supplier ....
29 February 08

125% Mortgages Going Going Gone
In the past 7 days 4 leanders have pulled their products where they will lend more that the value of the home being purchased. The 100% plus mortgages were often set up a means to help first time buyers ....
22 February 08

Advantage Mortgage ceases trading
Advantage mortgage have stopped taking any new applications for mortgages and will cease trading as of this week. The brand which is owned by parent company Morgan Stanley ....
13 February 08

Alliance and Leicester cut Standard Variable Rate
Alliance and Leicester have announced that they will be reducing their standard variable rate by a quarter of one percent on the 2nd of March. This will mean the rate ....
08 February 08

Buy to Let Sector Shows Confidence
Confidence in the buy to let market is normally drive by 2 main factors that being interest rates and employment. Obviously supply and demand ....
01 February 08

Annual house price growth slows
The annual growth of house prices in the UK slowed in to 5.2% for the year of 2007 half of the rate that was seen in the summer ....
25 January 08

Bristol tops house price increase
Bristol has topped the growth chats as it sees the biggest rise in house prices in 2007 according to mortgage broker ....
31 December 07

First time buyers glimpse buying opportunity
First Time Buyers in the UK have had a very tough time over the past few years ....
30 September 07

250k plus mortgages increase
With property prices forever going upwards in the UK you may find yourself ....
15 September 07

Mortgages switchers after more cash
Amongst the many reasons for remortgaging the most popular reason given to MortgageBroker.co.uk in a recent poll ....
23 August 07

Mortgages getting cheaper
The cost of fixed rate mortgages have started to come down in recent weeks as the anticipation of base rate reductions next year appears ....
15 August 07

Interest rates stay on hold
The Bank of England chose to hold the cost of borrowing at a rate of 5.75% ....
03 August 07

Mortgage Customers prefer Mortgage Brokers
Mortgage customer are more likely to have found their lender through a mortgage broker than through any other method ....
02 August 07

Mortgage broker declare Branson top role model
A survey of over 200 mortgage brokers by mortgage broker .co.uk has found that the most popular role model for them was Richard Branson ....
12 July 07

House Pricing Continues to Increase
The annual rate of house prices in the UK this year has risen to 11.1% up from 10.3% in May ....
30 June 07

Moneysupermarket take on 25 new mortgage brokers
Online price comparison has made an unusual move in doubling its number of inhouse mortgage brokers from 25 to just over 50 mortgage brokers ....
26 June 07

Blair's mortgage legacy
After 10 years of Tony Blair we look to see what the impact has been for the mortgage market and for home owners ....
20 June 07

Rent increases bolster buy to let
Rental income on a typical buy to let property has increased by 6.5% over the past quarter according to ....
11 June 07

Mortgage Brokers Conservative by nature
Research into the political persuasion of mortgage brokers in the UK has revealed that a significant majority ....
6 June 07

House prices set to rise again this year
International economists have indicated that house prices are set for another increase this year in the UK. This comes ....
25 May 07

Mortgage Broker launches new website
Today MortgageBroker.co.uk announces the launch of its new web site. This site was created by industry maestros ....
01 May 07