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Housing Market
FCA: ‘We’ll help property market with more relaxed mortgage rules’
The Financial Conduct Authority plans to make mortgage lending simpler and more flexible in a raft of changes to be introduced next year.
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Regulation & Law
Tomorrow’s home buyers to be given classroom mortgage know-how
All schoolchildren in England to learn about borrowing and property finance from age four under the Government’s Education reforms.
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Housing Market
Lender launches 100% mortgage without usual strings
April Mortgages is now offering no deposit home loans at 5.99%, and there are no requirements to provide a guarantor.
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Soaring mortgage costs in the Capital put buying out of reach for thousands
Mortgage costs across the Capital can be be 42% higher than average rental prices – substantially higher than other UK cities like Manchester and Bristol where mortgage costs are only around 20% higher than rent.
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Regulation & Law
FTBs facing huge affordability squeeze – but will Tories help?
Zoopla’s Richard Donnell says long-term fixed-rate mortgages could help first-time buyers but this is a cohort that needs Government support.
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Housing Market
BLOG: Home owners’ rising mortgage pain won’t hit market
Knight Frank’s Tom Bill says pain should be short lived for borrowers currently rolling off favourable 2-year fixed deals as mortgage rates come down.
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Foxtons high flyer moves to LRG to head up mortgages operation
The newly created position comes after LRG’s acquisitions of Stirling Ackroyd, Alexander & Co and Peter Ball expanding the group by 41 branches.
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Higher rents and mortgages raised housing costs by £20bn, says Savills
Savills' research chief says higher rents plus soaring mortgage rates pushed up housing costs to over £200 billion, forcing many cash-strapped consumers to tighten belts.
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Mortgage price wars continue as more lenders slash rates
The latest move by Metro Bank will delight first-time buyers and homeowners looking to move as well as those looking to refinance.
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British households face rocky road into 2024 – claims think tank
Resolution Foundation says there are real challenges for politicians trying to tell a single story about whether the country is making progress.
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