http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/related-39015-michael-coogan/topic-rss.do Michael Coogan RSS feed http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23782163-housing-market-pick-up-pointer.do The housing market is picking up faster than was assumed at the time of the March Budget, according to Pre-Budget Report figures Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:51:15 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23782163-housing-market-pick-up-pointer.do 2009-12-10T08:51:15Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23782278-home-loans-at-highest-level-for-22-months.do Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:51:00 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23782278-home-loans-at-highest-level-for-22-months.do 2009-12-10T10:51:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23768269-home-repossesions-expected-to-rise.do Number of people losing their homes in the recession will be much lower than forecast, experts said Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:02:34 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23768269-home-repossesions-expected-to-rise.do 2009-11-12T07:02:34Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23675835-rise-in-mortgage-deals-brings-hope-that-homes-market-has-bottomed-out.do The housing market was given a glimmer of hope with a small rise in the number of home loans Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:35:34 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23675835-rise-in-mortgage-deals-brings-hope-that-homes-market-has-bottomed-out.do 2009-04-14T13:35:34Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23664393-labour-is-blamed-as-home-loans-slump.do The Government has been accused of aggravating the slump in the housing market through “fractured policy” as mortgage lending crashed Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:07:21 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23664393-labour-is-blamed-as-home-loans-slump.do 2009-03-19T14:07:21Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23661590-total-of-home-loans-halves-to-a-new-low.do Mortgage approvals from banks and building societies more than halved in January from a year before Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:18:31 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23661590-total-of-home-loans-halves-to-a-new-low.do 2009-03-12T14:18:31Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23640700-smallest-number-of-new-mortgages-for-35-years.do The number of mortgages on new homes has collapsed to the lowest level since 1974 in a market "barely recognisable" from the boom years Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:34:14 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23640700-smallest-number-of-new-mortgages-for-35-years.do 2009-02-12T15:34:14Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23624340-mortgage-lending-down-by-a-third.do Mortgage lending dived by 30% during 2008 to hit a six-year low as the credit crunch strangled the market Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:20:50 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23624340-mortgage-lending-down-by-a-third.do 2009-01-21T10:20:50Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23599064-lenders-blame-ministers-for-plunge-in-house-sales.do Mortgage lenders have attacked the Government's "conflicting and incoherent" economic policy, blaming it for paralysing the housing market Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:13:15 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23599064-lenders-blame-ministers-for-plunge-in-house-sales.do 2008-12-09T14:13:15Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23590935-repossessions-up-12-per-cent.do 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 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:16:00 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23590935-repossessions-up-12-per-cent.do 2008-11-21T14:16:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23583062-pressure-on-banks-to-pass-on-rate-cut.do Banks and building societies face massive pressure to pass on in full to homeowners the 1.5 per cent cut in the base rate Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:01:15 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23583062-pressure-on-banks-to-pass-on-rate-cut.do 2008-11-06T12:01:15Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23572056-pms-mortgage-pledge-is-not-prudent-say-lenders.do Mortgage chiefs have branded a key plank of the Government’s bank rescue plan “undesirable” and unlikely to happen Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:48:43 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23572056-pms-mortgage-pledge-is-not-prudent-say-lenders.do 2008-10-13T12:48:43Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23529485-19000-homes-are-repossessed-in-past-six-months.do The number of homes repossessed has soared more than 40 per cent this year to its highest level since the mid-Nineties Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:08:03 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23529485-19000-homes-are-repossessed-in-past-six-months.do 2008-08-08T13:08:03Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23494326-nervous-banks-block-first-time-buyers.do Banks are lending less and less money to first time buyers as the credit crunch takes hold Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:33:08 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23494326-nervous-banks-block-first-time-buyers.do 2008-06-12T15:33:08Z