Category: Mortgages

The mortgage market is on the move again. Gross mortgage lending increased to £17.6bn in October 2013, an increase of 37% from £12.9bn in October 2012. This figure is the highest since October 2008, when…

Help to Buy is a new government backed initiative to help individuals looking to move or re-mortgage, or first time buyers with as little as a 5% deposit. The maximum purchase price of the property…

10,000 new buyers in just 4 months Help to Buy is the Government scheme, announced in the March 2013 Budget, for the UK mortgage and property market. It is aimed at helping home buyers who…

The Nationwide Building Society’s latest house price index data shows that the cost of an average home in the UK has increased to £168,941, which is up by 4% since the beginning of this year.…

First Time Buyers increase by a fifth The latest figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) show that First Time Buyers are finding it easier to get onto the property ladder after their number…

Help to Buy is the new government scheme, announced in the March 2013 Budget, for the UK mortgage and property market. It is aimed at helping first time buyers - or those moving up the…

There are signs that the UK property market could be set for another buy to let boom as the Council of Mortgage Lenders has released data that shows that £16.4 billion was lent to buy…