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Banks still reining in lending despite incentives

19.11.09
Despite massive injections of public money and government promises to eat up bad debt, banks are still being stingy about lending to UK businesses figures suggest... more

Repossessions up 3% as fewer than feared lose homes

12.11.09
Number of people losing their homes in the recession will be much lower than forecast, experts said... more

Mortgage lending up but recovery is fragile

14.09.09
The housing market made further steps towards recovery after mortgage lending showed its first annual increase since early 2007... more

Hope for housing market as repossessions fall by a tenth

14.08.09
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Repossessions fall 10% as hopes for the housing market grow

14.08.09
There were fresh hopes for a recovery in the housing market after latest figures showed a 10% fall in the number of homes repossessed in the second quarter of the year compared to the previous three months... more

Mortgage lending jumps 23%

11.08.09
The number of mortgages taken out in June increased by 23% to 45,000 in June, according to the latest figures... more

Nationwide defends 125% mortgage

09.07.09
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Repossessions outlook better than predicted

22.06.09
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Fewer than feared are set to lose their homes

22.06.09
Record low interest rates mean fewer people than feared will lose their homes this year... more

Relief for families as key data lifts gloom on economy

15.05.09
Thousands fewer families than feared face losing their homes this year following the falls in mortgage rates... more

Just one home rescued by £285m mortgage aid scheme

01.05.09
A £285 million government scheme to protect homeowners facing repossession has helped just one family so far, it emerged... more

Rise in mortgage deals brings hope that homes market has bottomed out

14.04.09
The housing market was given a glimmer of hope with a small rise in the number of home loans... more

Labour is blamed as home loans slump

19.03.09
The Government has been accused of aggravating the slump in the housing market through “fractured policy” as mortgage lending crashed... more

UK February mortgage lending slumps 60%

19.03.09
British gross mortgage lending fell 60 percent from a year ago in February to £9.9 billion, the lowest since February 2001, the Council of Mortgage Lenders said... more

Repossessions up by 54 per cent but loans safety net falters

20.02.09
Home repossessions last year reached a 12-year high, figures show... more

Smallest number of new mortgages for 35 years

12.02.09
The number of mortgages on new homes has collapsed to the lowest level since 1974 in a market "barely recognisable" from the boom years... more

Mortgage lending down by a third

21.01.09
Mortgage lending dived by 30% during 2008 to hit a six-year low as the credit crunch strangled the market... more

Property prices to fall 10 per cent next year

22.12.08
House prices will fall by a further 10 per cent next year and 70,000 people will lose their homes, a property website predicted... more

Lenders blame ministers for plunge in house sales

09.12.08
Mortgage lenders have attacked the Government's "conflicting and incoherent" economic policy, blaming it for paralysing the housing market... more

The banks must give us relief

04.12.08
This week has brought new signs of the depth of the recession, not least in the stricken housing market... more

Repossessions up 12 per cent

21.11.08
The number of homes repossessed soared by 12 per cent in the third quarter of this year, with the full year total on track to be the worst since 1995... more

Parents help first time buyers with £67,000 deposits

05.11.08
First-time buyers who get financial help from their parents are putting down an average deposit of £67,000 in London... more

PM’s mortgage pledge is not prudent, say lenders

13.10.08
Mortgage chiefs have branded a key plank of the Government’s bank rescue plan “undesirable” and unlikely to happen... more

Experts: A complete and utter waste of time

02.09.08
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Britannia pays the price as mortgage arrears go soaring

13.08.08
Britain’s second-biggest building society today admitted that profits had plummeted... more

19,000 homes are repossessed in past six months

08.08.08
The number of homes repossessed has soared more than 40 per cent this year to its highest level since the mid-Nineties... more

Freeze on home loans 'set to last another two years'

29.07.08
Former HBOS boss tells Government that there will be no quick fix for the current crisis as mortgage shortage is set to continue into 2010... more

Reduce rip-off mortgage fees, Darling tells banks

24.06.08
Alistair Darling has warned mortgage lenders not to rip off borrowers with huge arrangement fees... more

Nervous banks block first time buyers

12.06.08
Banks are lending less and less money to first time buyers as the credit crunch takes hold... more

A break in the clouds for property and retail sales

27.03.08
Signs the slump in homebuying activity and High Street sales may be easing emerged today.... more

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