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Mortgage Crisis

Will The New Government Mortgage Scheme Help Rich Second Home Buyers?

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 24.03.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: UK Housing, Housing Market, UK News, Conservatives, Labour Party, Help to Buy, Mortgage Crisis, UK Business, Budget 2013, UK Treasury, Danny Alexander, UK Politics News

Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander has defended the Government's mortgage guarantee scheme, insisting its intention was "not to help peop...

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Millions Face Monthly Struggle To Keep Roof Over Their Heads

PA | Posted 04.01.2013 | UK
Read More: Mortgages, UK News, UK Impact, Mortgage, Rental Market, Shelter, Rent, Loans, Mortgage Crisis, Payday Loans, Mortgage Payments, Rentals, UK News

Around 7.8 million Britons are struggling to keep up with their rent or mortgage payments, showing a sharp increase on a year ago, a charity has warne...

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More Misery For First Time Buyers As Mortgage Approvals Slump

PA/The Huffington Post | Jessica Elgot | Posted 30.07.2012 | UK
Read More: Mortgages, Bank of England, UK News, First-Time-Buyer, UK Economy, Mortgage Crisis, Business, UK News

Banks are closing the doors on more and more first time buyers, with mortgage approvals at a 18 month low, figures revealed on Monday. The Bank of...

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Putting Our Houses in Order: Reforming the Mortgage Market

European Parliament Web Team | Posted 29.07.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: House, European Parliament, Mortgage, Eu, Mortgage Crisis, Property, UK Politics News
European Parliament Web Team

Contrary to the old saying, buying property is no longer as safe as houses. Under the influence of the economic crisis, the ineluctable rise of house prices has proved to be somewhat less ineluctable than previously believed.

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Bad News For Homeowners

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 03.03.2012 | UK
Read More: Mortgage Lenders, UK News, RB Mortgage Rates, Mortgage Rise, Halifax Mortgage Rates, Mortgage Rate Rise, Mortgage Rates Up, Mortgage Crisis, Mortgage Rates, UK News

Homeowners are set to suffer rising interest rates as two mortgage lenders put rates up. RBS-Natwest is pushing up rates on two of its products by ...

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Why It's Better To Live In Falkirk Than London

PA | Posted 31.12.2011 | UK
Read More: Mortgage Crisis, UK News, Woking, London, House Prices, Falkirk, Economic Crisis, UK News

The commuter belt areas of Woking in Surrey and Falkirk in central Scotland are among 11 towns which outperformed London in a list of the biggest hous...

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Mortgage Lending Up But Debt Crisis Threatens Future Borrowing

PA | Posted 20.11.2011 | UK
Read More: Mortgage Crisis, Council Mortgage Lenders, Mortgage Lenders, Eurozone Debt Crisis, Greek Default, House Prices, UK News

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- Mortgage lending hit a two-year high in August, but lenders have warned the eurozone debt crisis threatens to squeeze the amount ...

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